Section 41 –Panel membership
81.Section 41 amends paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 to enable the Welsh Ministers to appoint between 3 and 7 members to the Independent Remuneration Panel. This is intended to provide flexibility as to the number of Panel members (currently 5) in order to manage and take on the extra responsibilities required by the Act. It also makes clear that employees of local authorities are not eligible to be members of the Panel.