PART 6Miscellaneous and consequential amendments

Miscellaneous amendments to the establishment Regulations

The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 202142.

(1)

The 2021 Act is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 171 (interpretation), in subsection (1), after the definition of “2013 Act” insert—

““corporate joint committee” (“cyd-bwyllgor corfforedig”) has the same meaning as in section 68 of this Act;”.

(3)

In Schedule 5—

(a)

in paragraph 3—

(i)

for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

with—

(i)

in the case of a Welsh county council or county borough council, the person who is for the time being appointed as the authority’s chief executive under section 54 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;

(ii)

in the case of a corporate joint committee, the person who is for the time being appointed as the authority’s chief executive;

(iii)

in any other case, the person who is for the time being designated as the head of the authority’s paid service under section 4 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;”.

(ii)

omit sub-paragraph (b);

(b)

in paragraph 9, for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c)

for subsection (3)(a) substitute—

“(a)

in preparing a report under this section to consult so far as practicable with—

(i)

in the case of a relevant authority which is the council of a county or county borough in Wales, the person who is for the time being the authority’s chief executive and with their chief finance officer;

(ii)

in the case of a relevant authority which is a corporate joint committee, the person who is for the time being appointed as the authority’s chief executive and with their chief finance officer;

(iii)

in the case of any other relevant authority, the person who is for the time being designated as the head of the authority’s paid service under section 4 above and with their chief finance officer;”

(c)

in paragraph 17 (amendments to section 43 of the 2011 Act), in sub-paragraph (a), for the inserted text substitute—

“(aa)

its chief executive appointed under—

(i)

section 54 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (chief executive of council in Wales), or

(ii)

regulations made under Part 5 of that Act (chief executive of a corporate joint committee).”