The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2021

Title and coming into force E+W

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2021.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

Interpretation E+W

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 2021 Act” means the Local Government and Elections Act 2021 (asc 1);

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“corporate joint committee” means a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the 2021 Act;

“constituent council”, in relation to a corporate joint committee, means the principal council for a principal area in the area of the corporate joint committee;

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“principal area” has the meaning given by section 68 of the 2021 Act;

“principal council” has the meaning given in section 171(1) of the 2021 Act.

“senior executive member” has the meaning given by section 77(4) of the 2021 Act.

(2) References in these Regulations to the area of a corporate joint committee are references to the area comprising—

(a) the principal areas of the principal councils that made a joint committee application under section 72(1) of the 2021 Act, or

(b) the principal areas specified in regulations made under section 74(1) of that Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2 omitted (3.12.2021) by virtue of The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1349), regs. 1(2), 43(2)

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

PART 1 E+W Standards of conduct

Conduct of corporate joint committee members, [F2 sub-committee members] and employees E+W

3.  Schedule 1 makes provision about the standards of conduct that apply in relation to members, [F2 sub-committee members] and employees of corporate joint committees.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in reg. 3 substituted (3.12.2021) by The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1349), regs. 1(2), 43(3)

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

PART 2 E+W Finance and accounts

Finance and accounts E+W

4.  Schedule 2 makes provision about the finance and accounts of corporate joint committees.

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

PART 3 E+W General amendments

General amendments relating to the status of a corporate joint committee E+W

5.  Schedule 3 contains amendments of other enactments related to the status of a corporate joint committee as a public body.

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 5 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

Julie James

Minister for Housing and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers