Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations —

• “the 1972 Act” (“Deddf 1972”) means the Local Government Act 1972^f1;

• “the 2000 Act”(“Deddf 2000”) means the Local Government Act 2000;

• “alternative arrangements” (“trefniadau amgen”) means arrangements by a local authority with respect to discharge of their functions which are arrangements in accordance with regulation 3;

• “area committee” (“pwyllgor ardal”) means a committee or sub-committee of a local authority established under regulation 5(2)(b);

• “audit committee” (“pwyllgor archwilio”) means a committee of a local authority established under regulation 5(2)(c);

• “Board” (“Bwrdd”) means the committee of a local authority established under regulation 4;

• “enactment” (“deddfiad”) includes an enactment contained in a local Act or comprised in subordinate legislation;

• “executive” (“gweithrediaeth”) is to be construed in accordance with section 11 of the 2000 Act;

• “licensing committee” (“pwyllgor trwyddedu”) means the committee established under section 6 of the Licensing Act 2003;

• “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means (save where the context otherwise requires) a county council or a county borough council which is operating alternative arrangements;

• “planning committee” (“pwyllgor cynllunio”) means a committee of the authority with delegated power to exercise some or all of those functions in Schedule 1 which is known as the Planning Committee or by such other title as the standing orders of the local authority may provide;

• “political group” (“grŵp gwleidyddol”) means a political group in accordance with regulation 8 of the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990^f2;

• “principal scrutiny committee” (“prif bwyllgor craffu”) means a committee or sub-committee of the authority established under regulation 5(1)(a);

• “relevant body” (“corff perthnasol”) for the purposes of regulation 16, means a local authority or a Board;

• “scrutiny committee” (“pwyllgor craffu”) means a committee or sub-committee of the authority established under regulation 5(1)(b).