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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-alternative-arrangements-wales-regulations-2001/regulation-14",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2001/2284",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-alternative-arrangements-wales-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Discharge of functions by area committees",
  "text": "(1) A relevant body with power to make arrangements in accordance with regulation 13 may arrange for the discharge of any functions which are the responsibility of the Board of the local authority by an area committee of that authority.\n(2) Where by virtue of this regulation any functions may be discharged by an area committee, then, unless the relevant body directs otherwise, the area committee may arrange for the discharge of any of those functions by a sub-committee of that committee or by an officer of the authority.\n(3) Where by virtue of paragraph (2) any functions may be discharged by a sub-committee of an area committee, then, unless the area committee or the relevant body directs otherwise, the sub-committee may arrange for the discharge of any of those functions by an officer of the authority.\n(4) Any arrangements made under this regulation by a relevant body for the discharge of any functions by an area committee are not to prevent the relevant body from exercising those functions.\n(5) As soon as reasonably practicable after making arrangements under this regulation the Board must secure that copies of a document setting out the provisions of the arrangements are available at the authority’s principal office for inspection by members of the public at all reasonable hours.\n(6) The Board shall, in preparing the document referred to in paragraph (5) above, have regard to any guidance issued by the National Assembly for Wales under section 38 of the 2000 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2004/3092",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2284/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:16:27.556613+00:00"
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  "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."
}