# The Corporate Joint Committees (General) (Wales) Regulations 2022, Regulation 45: Research and the collection of information


For section 141(3) of the 1972 Act (research and collection of information) substitute—
“(3) This section has effect—
(a) in relation to a principal council in Wales—
(i) as if any reference to a council were a reference to the principal council, and
(ii) as if any reference to a county were a reference to the principal area;
(b) in relation to a corporate joint committee—
(i) as if any reference to a council were a reference to the corporate joint committee,
(ii) as if any reference to a county were a reference to the area specified as the corporate joint committee’s area in regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 establishing the corporate joint committee, and
(iii) as if any reference to any other local authority in the county were a reference to any local authority in the corporate joint committee’s area.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2022/372/regulation/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/corporate-joint-committees-general-wales-regulations-2022/regulation-45
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