Section 24B Deputy presiding memberF1

Wales

(1)

The section applies where a principal council have determined to have a presiding member.

(2)

The principal council must appoint a member of the council to act as deputy to the presiding member (“the deputy presiding member”).

(3)

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

(4)

A deputy presiding member is to continue in office until the occurrence of—

(a)

the deputy presiding member's resignation or disqualification,

(b)

a successor becoming entitled to act as deputy presiding member,

(c)

the council determining not to have an office of presiding member, or

(d)

an ordinary council election under section 26.

(5)

A deputy presiding member may do anything authorised or required to be done by the presiding member.

Annotations

F1: Ss. 24A, 24B inserted (30.9.2013) by Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 4), ss. 51(2), 75(2)(d)
F2: Words in s. 24B(3) 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))