Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2021 asc 1 · Enacted 20 January 2021 · Extends to England and Wales
An Act of Senedd Cymru to make provision about local government; local government finance; local government elections; electoral registration and electoral administration; and for connected purposes.
[20 January 2021]
Having been passed by Senedd Cymru and having received the assent of Her Majesty, it is enacted as follows:
Contents
- Part 1: ELECTIONS
- Overview of Part
- 1Overview
- Right to vote in local government elections
- 2Extension of right to vote in local government elections
- 3Transitional provision
- 4Duty to promote awareness and provide assistance
- Voting systems for elections to principal councils
- 5Two voting systems
- 6Key definitions
- 7The voting system that applies
- 8Power to change the voting system
- 9Resolutions to exercise the power to change the voting system
- 10Duty to notify when resolution passed
- 11Initial review by the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru
- 12Restriction on number of councillors if single transferable vote system applies
- 13Rules about the conduct of local elections in Wales
- Electoral cycles
- 14Change of electoral cycle for principal councils from four years to five years
- 15Change of electoral cycle for community councils from four years to five years
- 16Change of electoral cycle for elected mayors from four years to five years
- 17Extension of power to change ordinary day of local elections in Wales
- Registration of local government electors Not yet in force
- 18Registration of local government electors without application Not yet in force
- Qualification for membership of a local authority
- 19Qualification for election and holding office as a member of a local authority in Wales
- Disqualification of members of local authorities
- 20Disqualification for election and being a member of a local authority
- 21Disqualification of member of a local authority in Wales for appointment to paid office
- Documents at local government elections
- 22Translations etc. of documents at local government elections in Wales
- General
- 23Minor and consequential amendments
- Part 2: GENERAL POWER OF COMPETENCE
- Chapter 1: THE GENERAL POWER
- 24Local authority's general power of competence
- 25Boundaries of the general power
- 26Limits on charging in exercise of general power
- 27Limits on doing things for commercial purpose in exercise of general power
- 28Powers to make supplementary provision
- 29Amendments relating to this Chapter
- Chapter 2: ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY COUNCILS
- 30Becoming an eligible community council
- 31Continuing to be an eligible community council
- 32Ceasing to be an eligible community council
- 33Community councils that cease to be eligible: exercise of general power of competence
- 34Common community councils established after this Act is passed
- 35Power to amend or modify this Chapter
- 36Guidance on exercise of functions under this Chapter
- 37Amendments relating to this Chapter
- Part 3: PROMOTING ACCESS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Chapter 1: OVERVIEW OF PART
- 38Overview
- Chapter 2: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS
- Principal councils' duty to encourage participation in local government
- 39Duty to encourage local people to participate in decision-making by principal councils
- 40Strategy on encouraging participation
- 41Public participation strategy: consultation and review
- Principal council's petition scheme
- 42Duty to make petition scheme
- Addresses of members of principal councils
- 43Duty on principal councils to publish official addresses
- Guidance
- 44Guidance on exercise of functions under this Chapter
- Chapter 3: CONSTITUTION GUIDES
- 45Principal councils' duty to publish constitution and constitution guide
- Chapter 4: LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS
- 46Electronic broadcasts of meetings of certain local authorities
- 47Attendance at local authority meetings
- 48Participation at meetings of community councils
- 49Notices etc. of local authority meetings
- 50Regulations about conduct of local authority meetings, documents relating to meetings and publication of information
- 51Regulations about community meetings
- Chapter 5: ANNUAL REPORTS BY COMMUNITY COUNCILS
- 52Annual reports by community councils
- Part 4: LOCAL AUTHORITY EXECUTIVES, MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
- Overview of Part
- 53Overview
- Chief executives
- 54Chief executives
- 55Replacement of references to “salary” in section 143A of the 2011 Measure Repealed
- 56Reconsideration of remuneration following direction by the Welsh Ministers Repealed
- Executives of principal councils
- 57Appointment of assistants to executive
- 58Job-sharing: executive leaders and executive members
- 59Content of, and duty to have regard to, guidance under section 38 of the 2000 Act
- Entitlement of members to job-share and to family absence
- 60Job-sharing: non-executive offices in principal councils
- 61Family absence for members of local authorities
- Conduct of members
- 62Duties of leaders of political groups in relation to standards of conduct
- 63Duty of standards committee to make annual report
- 64Certain investigations by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
- Overview and scrutiny committees
- 65Making information available to overview and scrutiny committees
- 66Power to require authorities to appoint joint overview and scrutiny committees
- Training of members and staff of community councils
- 67Community council training plans
- Part 5: COLLABORATIVE WORKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS
- Chapter 1: TERMS USED IN PART
- 68Terms used in Part
- Chapter 2: GUIDANCE ABOUT COLLABORATIVE WORKING
- 69Guidance about collaborative working
- Chapter 3: ESTABLISHING CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES where request has been made
- Applications to establish a corporate joint committee
- 70Application by principal councils to establish a corporate joint committee
- 71Consultation before making joint committee application
- Requested joint committee regulations
- 72Requested joint committee regulations
- 73Conditions to be met before making requested joint committee regulations
- Chapter 4: ESTABLISHING CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES WHERE NO REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE
- 74Joint committee regulations where no request has been made
- 75Conditions to be met before making regulations under section 74
- Chapter 5: FURTHER PROVISION RELATING TO CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES AND JOINT COMMITTEE REGULATIONS
- Promotion and improvement of economic well-being
- 76Economic well-being function
- Provision in joint committee regulations
- 77Provision that may or must be included in joint committee regulations
- Amendment and revocation of joint committee regulations
- 78Application by principal councils to amend or revoke joint committee regulations
- 79Further provision in relation to applications
- 80Amendment and revocation of joint committee regulations
- 81Conditions to be met before amending joint committee regulations: application required from principal councils
- 82Conditions to be met before amending or revoking joint committee regulations: no application required from principal councils
- Supplementary etc. provision in and in relation to joint committee regulations
- 83Supplementary etc. provision in certain regulations under this Part
- 84Power of the Welsh Ministers to amend, repeal etc. enactments
- Functions of and relating to corporate joint committees and principal councils
- 85Requirement to provide information etc.
- 86Guidance
- 87Exercise by principal councils of functions under this Part
- Amendments of other enactments
- 88Amendments relating to strategic planning and joint transport authorities
- Part 6: PERFORMANCE AND GOVERNANCE OF PRINCIPAL COUNCILS AND CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES
- Chapter 1: PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND INTERVENTION : PRINCIPAL COUNCILS
- Performance
- 89Duty of principal council to keep its performance under review
- 90Duty to consult local people etc. on performance
- Self-assessments of performance
- 91Duty of principal council to report on its performance
- Panel assessments of performance
- 92Duty of principal council to arrange panel performance assessment
- 93Duty of principal council to respond to report of panel performance assessment
- 94Panel performance assessments: supplementary regulations
- Special inspections by Auditor General for Wales
- 95Power of Auditor General to carry out a special inspection
- 96Duty of principal council to respond to Auditor General's recommendations
- 97Duty of the Welsh Ministers to respond to Auditor General's recommendations
- 98Auditor General's powers of entry and inspection etc.
- 99Auditor General's powers of entry and inspection etc.: notice and evidence of identity
- 100Auditor General's powers of entry and inspection etc.: offences
- 101Auditor General's fees
- Support and assistance with improving performance
- 102Support and assistance by the Welsh Ministers
- 103Direction to a principal council to provide support and assistance
- Intervention by the Welsh Ministers
- 104Powers of the Welsh Ministers to intervene
- 105Direction to co-operate with provision of support and assistance
- 106Direction to take or not to take etc. a specified step
- 107Direction that a function be performed by the Welsh Ministers or their nominee
- Supplementary
- 108Exercise of functions under this Chapter
- 109Power of the Welsh Ministers to add to list of persons to whom reports etc. must be sent
- 110Power of the Welsh Ministers to amend etc. enactments and confer new powers
- 111Guidance
- 112Interpretation
- Amendment of other enactments
- 113Disapplication of the 2009 Measure in relation to principal councils and repeal of provisions about coordination of audit
- 114Amendment of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
- Governance and audit committees of principal councils
- 115New name and functions of audit committees
- Chapter 1A: PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS AND INTERVENTION: CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES
- 115AApplication of Chapter 1 to corporate joint committees
- Chapter 2: GOVERNANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEES: MEMBERSHIP AND PROCEEDINGS
- 116Membership of governance and audit committee
- 117Meaning of lay person
- 118Proceedings etc.
- Chapter 3: COORDINATION BETWEEN REGULATORS
- 119Coordination between regulators
- 120“Relevant regulators” and “relevant functions”
- Part 7: MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS
- Chapter 1: VOLUNTARY MERGERS OF PRINCIPAL AREAS
- Applications for mergers
- 121Merger applications
- 122Consultation before making merger application
- 123Guidance about merger applications
- Merger regulations
- 124Merger regulations
- 125Shadow councils and shadow executives
- 126Voting system
- 127Elections
- Facilitating mergers
- 128Duties of merging councils to facilitate transfer
- Chapter 2: RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS
- Conditions to be met
- 129Conditions to be met before making restructuring regulations
- Abolition requests
- 130Abolition requests
- Restructuring regulations
- 131Restructuring regulations
- 132Restructuring regulations which provide for part of a principal area to become part of another existing principal area
- 133Restructuring regulations which constitute a new principal area
- 134Restructuring regulations: supplementary
- Facilitating restructuring
- 135Duties of restructuring councils to facilitate transfer
- Chapter 3: FUNCTIONS RELATING TO MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING
- 136Transition committees
- 137Restraint of transactions and recruitment
- 138Reviews of electoral arrangements
- 139Prohibition of changes to executive arrangements
- 140Requirement on principal councils to provide information etc. to the Welsh Ministers
- 141Requirement on principal councils to provide information etc. to other bodies
- Chapter 4: REMUNERATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEW PRINCIPAL COUNCILS
- 142Directions to Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru
- 143Reports of Commission relating to shadow councils and new principal councils
- 144Guidance to Commission
- 145Pay policy statements
- Chapter 5: SUPPLEMENTARY
- 146Guidance
- 147Other consequential etc. provision
- 148Initial procedure for restructuring regulations
- 149Terms used in this Part
- 150Repeals of other enactments
- Part 8: LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
- Non-domestic rating
- 151Powers of billing authorities to require the supply of information relating to hereditaments
- 152Requirement to supply to billing authorities information relevant to determining liability to non-domestic rates
- 153Powers of billing authorities to inspect properties
- 154Multipliers
- 155Amendment of Chapter 3 of Part 5 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988
- Council tax
- 156Joint and several liability to pay council tax
- 157Removal of power to provide for imprisonment of council tax debtors
- 158Procedure for certain regulations and orders made under the Local Government Finance Act 1992
- Part 9: MISCELLANEOUS
- Information sharing
- 159Information sharing between regulators, the Auditor General for Wales and the Welsh Ministers
- 160Amendment of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 consequential on section 159
- Head of democratic services
- 161Head of democratic services
- Polls consequent on community meetings
- 162Abolition of polls consequent on a community meeting
- Local Democracy and Boundary Commission
- 163Appointment by Local Democracy and Boundary Commission of its chief executive
- 164Directions under section 48 of the 2013 Act
- Public services boards
- 165Merging and demerging public services boards under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
- Fire and rescue authorities
- 166Combined fire and rescue authorities: inquiries
- 167Performance and governance of fire and rescue authorities
- 168Fire and rescue authorities: disapplication of the 2009 Measure
- National Park authorities
- 169National Park authorities: disapplication of the 2009 Measure
- Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 Not yet in force
- 170Repeal of the 2009 Measure Not yet in force
- Part 10: GENERAL
- 171Interpretation
- 172Directions
- 173Power to make consequential and transitional provision etc.
- 174Regulations under this Act
- 175Coming into force
- 176Short title
- Schedule 1: Initial reviews of electoral arrangements etc.
- Initial reviews
- 1Paragraph 1
- “Area under review”
- 2Paragraph 2
- Other terms used in this Schedule
- 3Paragraph 3
- Directions and guidance to Commission
- 4Paragraph 4
- Conduct of initial review
- 5Paragraph 5
- Pre-review procedure
- 6Paragraph 6
- Investigation and interim report
- 7Paragraph 7
- Final report
- 8Paragraph 8
- Power to make regulations where recommendations are made
- 9Paragraph 9
- Power to make regulations where no recommendations are made
- 10Paragraph 10
- Regulations under paragraph 9 or 10: supplementary
- 11Paragraph 11
- Subsequent reviews by the Commission where regulations are made under paragraph 9(1)(b) or 10(2)
- 12Paragraph 12
- Delegation by the Commission of functions under this Schedule
- 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
- Orders under Part 3 of the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 (anaw 4)
- 14Paragraph 14
- Schedule .SCHEDULE 2: Minor and consequential amendments relating to Part 1: elections
- Part 1: Primary legislation
- Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- 1Paragraph 1
- Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2)
- 2Paragraph 2
- Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50)
- 3Paragraph 3
- Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986 (c. 56)
- 4Paragraph 4
- Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)
- 5Paragraph 5
- Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)
- 6Paragraph 6
- Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)
- 7Paragraph 7
- Representation of the People Act 2000 (c. 2)
- 8Paragraph 8
- Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)
- 9Paragraph 9
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)
- 10Paragraph 10
- Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (c. 41)
- 11Paragraph 11
- Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
- 12Paragraph 12
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28)
- 13Paragraph 13
- Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4)
- 14Paragraph 14
- Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1)
- 15Paragraph 15
- Part 2: Subordinate legislation
- Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/341)
- 16Paragraph 16
- Representation of the People (Combination of Polls) (England and Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/294)
- 17Paragraph 17
- Business Improvement Districts (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1312)
- 18Paragraph 18
- Local Elections (Principal Areas) (England and Wales) Rules 2006 (S.I. 2006/3304)
- 19Paragraph 19 Repealed
- Schedule 3: Amendments relating to Part 2: general power of competence
- Part 1: Amendments relating to Chapter 1 of Part 2: the general power
- Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)
- 1Paragraph 1
- Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26)
- 2Paragraph 2
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28)
- 3Paragraph 3
- Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 2)
- 4Paragraph 4
- Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4)
- 5Paragraph 5
- Localism Act 2011 (c. 20)
- 6Paragraph 6
- Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2)
- 7Paragraph 7
- This Act
- 8Paragraph 8
- Part 2: Amendments relating to Chapter 2 of Part 2: eligible community councils
- Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- 9Paragraph 9
- Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)
- 10Paragraph 10
- Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)
- 11Paragraph 11
- Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26)
- 12Paragraph 12
- Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4)
- 13Paragraph 13
- Localism Act 2011 (c. 20)
- 14Paragraph 14
- This Act
- 15Paragraph 15
- Schedule 4: Notice of local authority meetings, access to documents and attendance at meetings
- Part 1: Notice of local authority meetings and access to documents
- Notices of local authority meetings
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- Copies and publication of documents relating to meetings of local authorities
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Paragraph 12
- Application to committees and sub-committees
- 13Paragraph 13
- Application and interpretation
- 14Paragraph 14
- 15Paragraph 15
- 16Paragraph 16
- Publication of public notices given by local authorities
- 17Paragraph 17
- 18Paragraph 18
- Electronic service of summonses on members to attend local authority meetings
- 19Paragraph 19
- Venue for community council meetings
- 20Paragraph 20
- Notices of community council committee and sub-committee meetings to be published
- 21Paragraph 21
- Saving provision
- 22Paragraph 22
- Part 2: Attendance at local authority meetings: consequential amendments
- Attendance at local authority meetings: amendments consequential on section 47
- 23Paragraph 23
- Schedule 5: Consequential amendments relating to chief executives
- Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- 1Paragraph 1
- Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41)
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11
- Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4)
- 12Paragraph 12
- 13Paragraph 13
- 14Paragraph 14
- 15Paragraph 15 Repealed
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13)
- 16Paragraph 16
- Localism Act 2011 (c. 20)
- 17Paragraph 17
- Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)
- 18Paragraph 18
- Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2)
- 19Paragraph 19
- This Act
- 20Paragraph 20
- Schedule 6: Consequential amendments etc. relating to assistants to local authority executives
- Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2 Not yet in force
- Pilotage Act 1987 (c. 21)
- 3Paragraph 3
- Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14)
- 4Paragraph 4
- Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)
- 5Paragraph 5
- Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4)
- 6Paragraph 6
- Schedule 7: Job-sharing by executive leaders and executive members
- Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 (c. 28)
- 6Paragraph 6
- Localism Act 2011 (c. 20)
- 7Paragraph 7
- Schedule 8: Conduct of local government members: investigations by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
- Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
- 7Paragraph 7
- Localism Act 2011 (c. 20)
- 8Paragraph 8
- Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)
- 9Paragraph 9
- Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 3)
- 10Paragraph 10
- Schedule 9: Amendments related to Corporate Joint Committees
- Part 1: Creation of strategic planning functions for certain corporate joint committees and repeal of powers to establish strategic planning panels etc.
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5)
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4)
- 9Paragraph 9
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Paragraph 12
- Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (c. 39)
- 13Paragraph 13
- Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- 14Paragraph 14
- Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 (c. 70)
- 15Paragraph 15
- 16Paragraph 16
- 17Paragraph 17
- 18Paragraph 18
- 19Paragraph 19
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)
- 20Paragraph 20
- 21Paragraph 21
- 22Paragraph 22
- Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)
- 23Paragraph 23
- 24Paragraph 24
- 25Paragraph 25
- 26Paragraph 26
- 27Paragraph 27
- 28Paragraph 28
- 29Paragraph 29
- Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57)
- 30Paragraph 30
- Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21)
- 31Paragraph 31
- 32Paragraph 32
- 33Paragraph 33
- Environment Act 1995 (c. 25)
- 34Paragraph 34
- Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)
- 35Paragraph 35
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
- 36Paragraph 36
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)
- 37Paragraph 37
- Finance Act 2003 (c. 14)
- 38Paragraph 38
- Planning and Energy Act 2008 (c. 21)
- 39Paragraph 39
- 40Paragraph 40 Repealed
- 41Paragraph 41
- Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23)
- 42Paragraph 42
- Equality Act 2010 (c. 15)
- 43Paragraph 43
- Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1)
- 44Paragraph 44
- Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4)
- 45Paragraph 45
- Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 3)
- 46Paragraph 46
- Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 1)
- 47Paragraph 47
- Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 3)
- 48Paragraph 48
- Part 2: Repeal of power to establish joint transport authorities
- Transport (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 5)
- 49Paragraph 49
- Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)
- 50Paragraph 50
- Schedule 10: Consequential amendments relating to renaming of principal council audit committees
- Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4)
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- This Act
- 10Paragraph 10
- Schedule 10A: (introduced by section 115A)
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Paragraph 12
- 13Paragraph 13
- 14Paragraph 14
- 15Paragraph 15
- 16Paragraph 16
- 17Paragraph 17
- Schedule 11: Transition committees of merging councils and restructuring councils
- Part 1: Merging councils
- Transition committees for merging councils
- 1Paragraph 1
- Membership of transition committees for merging councils
- 2Paragraph 2
- Functions of transition committees for merging councils
- 3Paragraph 3
- Part 2: Restructuring councils
- Transition committees for restructuring councils
- 4Paragraph 4
- Part 3: Transition committees of merging councils and restructuring councils
- Sub-committees of transition committees for merging councils or restructuring councils
- 5Paragraph 5
- Provision of funding, facilities and information etc. to transition committees for merging councils or restructuring councils
- 6Paragraph 6
- Transition committees for merging councils or restructuring councils: further provision
- 7Paragraph 7
- Schedule 12: Restraints on transactions and recruitment etc. by merging councils and restructuring councils
- Restraining transactions and recruitment etc. by direction
- 1Paragraph 1
- Directions under paragraph 1: supplementary
- 2Paragraph 2
- Directions under paragraph 1: further provision about reserves
- 3Paragraph 3
- Directions under paragraph 1(3): supplementary
- 4Paragraph 4
- Directions: consequences of contravention
- 5Paragraph 5
- Interpretation of paragraphs 1 and 7
- 6Paragraph 6
- Determining whether financial limits have been exceeded
- 7Paragraph 7
- Financial limits: further provision
- 8Paragraph 8
- Guidance in relation to transactions, recruitment etc.
- 9Paragraph 9
- Schedule 13: Abolition of polls consequent on community meetings under the 1972 Act
- Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)
- 10Paragraph 10
- Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4)
- 11Paragraph 11
- This Act
- 12Paragraph 12
- Schedule 14: Consequential amendments relating to merger and demerger of public services boards
- Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2)
- 1Paragraph 1
- Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22)
- 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
- Education Act 2002 (c. 32)
- 3Paragraph 3
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5)
- 4Paragraph 4
- Children Act 2004 (c. 31)
- 5Paragraph 5
- Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 1)
- 6Paragraph 6
- Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 7)
- 7Paragraph 7
- Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)
- 8Paragraph 8
- Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 3)
- 9Paragraph 9