{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024/section-65",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024/section-65.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2024/5",
  "legislation_title": "Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024",
  "path": "section/65",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "65",
  "heading": "Political restriction of officers and staff",
  "text": "(1) The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 1 (disqualification and political restriction of certain officers and staff)—\n(a) in subsection (1A)—\n(i) after “member of any local authority in Wales” insert “(including an elected mayor)”;\n(ii) in paragraph (b), after “under a” insert “community council or”;\n(b) in subsection (1B), after “any corporate joint committee” insert “, community council”;\n(c) after subsection (1B) insert—\n“(1C) A person shall be disqualified from becoming or remaining a member of a community council if that person holds a politically restricted post under any community council, corporate joint committee or local authority in Great Britain.”;\n(d) after subsection (12) insert—\n“(13) Subsections (5) and (6) of this section apply to a community council as they apply to a local authority in Wales.”.\n(3) In section 2 (politically restricted posts)—\n(a) after subsection (1B) insert—\n“(1C) For the purposes of this Part the following persons are to be regarded as holding politically restricted posts under a community council—\n(a) a paid officer having responsibility, for the purposes of section 151 of the Local Government Act 1972, for the administration of the financial affairs of the community council;\n(b) a person holding a paid post that is for the time being specified by the community council in the list maintained in accordance with subsection (2) and any directions under section 3.”;\n(b) after subsection (10C) insert—\n“(10D) This section, other than subsection (1), applies in relation to a community council as it applies in relation to a local authority in Wales.\n(10E) In the application of subsection (4) to a community council, the reference to the coming into force of this section has effect as if it were a reference to 6 May 2027.”.\n(4) In section 3(9) (grant and supervision of exemptions from political restriction), after “corporate joint committee” insert “and a community council”.\n(5) In section 10(2) (limit on paid leave for local authority duties), in the definition of “local authority”, after “corporate joint committee” insert “and a community council”.\n(6) In section 12(2) (conflict of interest in staff negotiations), in the definition of “local authority”, after “corporate joint committee” insert “and a community council”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 65 in force at 6.5.2027, see s. 72(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/5/section/65",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:46.347354+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}