# Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011, Section 8: Head of democratic services


(1) A local authority must—
(a) designate one of its officers to discharge the functions in section 9 (“democratic services functions”);
(b) provide that officer with such staff, accommodation and other resources as are, in its opinion, sufficient to allow his or her functions to be discharged.
(1A) A local authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers about the local authority's function under subsection (1)(b).
(2) A head of democratic services may arrange for the discharge of democratic services functions by staff provided under this section.
(3) An officer designated by a local authority under this section is to be known as the head of democratic services.
(4) A local authority may not designate any of the following under this section—
(a) the authority's chief executive appointed under section 54 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) the authority's chief finance officer, within the meaning of section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/4/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-wales-measure-2011/section-8
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