# Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021, Section 53: Overview


This Part makes provision—
(a) requiring a principal council to appoint a chief executive (rather than designate a head of paid service), whose functions will include duties imposed under this Part;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) for the appointment of assistants to executives of principal councils;
(d) about job-sharing of certain offices in principal councils;
(e) for issuing guidance, including to elected mayors and executive leaders, on equality and diversity;
(f) about the entitlement of members of local authorities to various kinds of family absence;
(g) requiring leaders of political groups to take steps to promote and maintain high standards of conduct by members of their groups, and to co-operate with standards committees;
(h) requiring standards committees to produce annual reports on the exercise of their functions;
(i) amending the 2000 Act and other Acts to make provision about investigations by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales into the conduct of members of local government;
(j) about the provision of certain information to overview and scrutiny committees;
(k) enabling the Welsh Ministers to require local authorities to appoint joint overview and scrutiny committees;
(l) requiring community councils to make training plans.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1/section/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-elections-wales-act-2021/section-53
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