Section 24 Vice-chairman.C1

Wales

(1)

A principal council shall appoint a member of the council to be a vice-chairman of the council.

F1(1A)

A member of the executive of a principal council F2, or an assistant to the executive, may not be appointed as the vice-chairman of the council.

C2(2)

The vice-chairman shall, unless he resigns or becomes disqualified, hold office until immediately after the election of a chairman at the next annual meeting of the council and during that time shall continue to be a member of the council notwithstanding the provisions of this Act relating to the retirement of councillors.

(3)

Subject to any standing orders made by the council, anything authorised or required to be done by, to or before the chairman may be done by, to or before the vice-chairman.

F3(4)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 24(6)(1A) inserted (28.7.2001) by 2000 c. 22, ss. 46, 108(4), Sch. 3 para. 6(1)(2)
F2: Words in s. 24(1A) inserted (5.5.2022) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), s. 175(7), Sch. 6 para. 1(2); S.I. 2021/231, art. 6(t) (as substituted by S.I. 2021/1249, art. 3(2))
F3: S. 24(4) repealed (30.9.2013) by Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4), s. 75(2)(d), Sch. 2

Modifications

C1: S. 24 applied (temp. from 4.5.1995 to 31.3.1996) by S.I. 1995/1042, art. 4(1)
C2: S. 24(2) modified (W.) (22.4.2020) by The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/442), regs. 1(3), 11(4)

Notes on Part II

Extent

E1: Part II (ss. 20-38) extends to Wales only: see s. 38