Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc1)

PART 5 E+W COLLABORATIVE WORKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS

CHAPTER 5 E+W FURTHER PROVISION RELATING TO CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES AND JOINT COMMITTEE REGULATIONS

Functions of and relating to corporate joint committees and principal councils E+W

87 Exercise by principal councils of functions under this Part E+W

(1) Section 101 of the 1972 Act (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities) does not apply to the functions set out in subsection (4).

(2) The functions set out in subsection (4) are not to be the responsibility of an executive of a principal council under executive arrangements.

(3) An elected mayor is to be treated as a councillor of a principal council for the purposes of the functions set out in subsection (4).

(4) The functions are—

(a) making a joint committee application;

(b) giving consent under section 73(4) to joint committee regulations being made;

(c) making an application under section 78 to amend or revoke joint committee regulations;

(d) giving consent under section 81(4) to joint committee regulations being amended.