# Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, Paragraph 7


In section 2 (politically restricted posts)—
(a) after subsection (1) insert—
“(1A) For the purposes of this Part other than section 1(1), a person appointed as the chief executive of a local authority which is the council of a county or county borough in Wales is to be regarded as holding a politically restricted post under that authority.”;
(b) in subsection (7)(a) and (b), after “head of the authority's paid service” in both places it occurs, insert “ or (in the case of a council for a county or county borough in Wales) the authority's chief executive ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1/schedule/5/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021/schedule-5/paragraph-7
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