{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2011/section-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2011/section-34.json",
  "legislation": "mwa/2011/4",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2011",
  "path": "section/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Abolition of mayor and council manager executive",
  "text": "(1) The Local Government Act 2000 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 11 (local authority executives)—\n(a) omit subsection (4) (mayor and council manager executive);\n(b) in subsection (10)—\n(i) omit “or an officer”;\n(ii) omit “or (4)(b)”.\n(3) Omit section 16.\n(4) In section 26 (proposals not requiring referendum), in subsection (2)—\n(a) at the end of paragraph (a) insert “ or ”;\n(b) omit paragraph (b).\n(5) In section 48 (interpretation of Part 2), in subsection (1), omit the definition of “council manager”.\n(6) In Schedule 1 (executive arrangements: further provision), omit paragraph 3.\n(7) In the Local Government Act 1972—\n(a) in section 21 (constitution of principal councils in Wales), in subsection (1A), omit “or a mayor and council manager executive”;\n(b) in section 22 (chairman), in subsection (4A), omit “or a mayor and council manager executive”;\n(c) in section 25A (title of chairman or vice-chairman of county borough council), in subsection (3), omit “or a mayor and council manager executive”;\n(d) in section 245 (status of certain districts, parishes and communities), in subsections (1A) and (4A), omit “or a mayor and council manager executive”;\n(e) in section 270 (general provisions as to interpretation), in subsection (1), in the definition “ “mayor and cabinet executive” and “mayor and council manager executive”” omit “and “mayor and council manager executive””.\n(8) In the Local Government and Housing Act 1989—\n(a) in section 5 (designation and reports of monitoring officer), in subsection (3)(b), omit the words from “and, in a case where” to the end of paragraph (b);\n(b) in section 5A (reports of monitoring officer — local authorities operating executive arrangements), in subsection (5)(b), omit the words from “and, where” to the end of paragraph (b);\n(c) in section 13 (voting rights of members of certain committees: England and Wales)—\n(i) omit subsection (5A);\n(ii) in subsection (9), omit “and “mayor and council manager executive””;\n(d) in section 21 (interpretation of Part 1), in subsection (3), omit “ “council manager”” and “and “mayor and council manager executive””.\n(9) In section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (council tax and community charge: restrictions on voting)—\n(a) in subsection (1), omit “or a council manager within the meaning of section 11(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 2000”;\n(b) in subsection (2), omit “or a council manager”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/4/section/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:39.148280+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}