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Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009
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- Sch. para. 10 omitted by 2018 anaw 2 Sch. 1 para. 16
Collaboration and improvementW
9Powers to collaborate etcW
(1)For the purpose of discharging or facilitating the discharge of its duties under section 2(1), 3(2) and 8(7) or the duties of another Welsh improvement authority under those sections, a Welsh improvement authority has the powers in subsection (2).
(2)The powers are—
(a)to provide financial assistance to any person;
(b)to enter into arrangements or agreements with any person;
(c)to co-operate with, or facilitate or co-ordinate the activities of, any person;
(d)to exercise on behalf of any person any functions of that person; and
(e)to provide staff, goods, services or accommodation to any person.
(3)This section is without prejudice to any other power of a Welsh improvement authority.
Commencement Information
I1S. 9 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2009/3272, art. 3(1), Sch. 2
10Fire and rescue authorities: powers of delegationW
(1)For the purpose of discharging or facilitating the discharge by a Welsh fire and rescue authority of its duties under sections 2(1), 3(2) and 8(7), section 101(1)(b) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities) shall have effect as if the authority were a local authority for the purposes of that section.
(2)This section is without prejudice to any other power of a Welsh fire and rescue authority.
Commencement Information
I2S. 10 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2009/3272, art. 3(1), Sch. 2
11Meaning of “powers of collaboration”W
(1)For the purposes of this Part, a reference to a Welsh improvement authority's “powers of collaboration” is a reference to the following—
(a)the Welsh improvement authority's powers under section 9 of this Measure;
F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)a power of the Welsh improvement authority to authorise a person (or the person's employees) to exercise a function on the authority's behalf under an order made under section 70 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40);
(d)in the case of a Welsh fire and rescue authority, its powers under section 101(1)(b) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as given effect in relation to the authority by section 10 of this Measure);
F2(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 11(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2021) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 113(c), 175(7); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(b) (with regs. 4, 5, 7-9)
F2S. 11(1)(e) omitted (1.4.2021) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 169(c), 175(7); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(f) (with regs. 6-9)
F3S. 11(2) omitted (1.4.2021) by virtue of Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 113(c), 175(7); S.I. 2021/297, reg. 2(b) (with regs. 4, 5, 7-9)
Commencement Information
I3S. 11 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2009/3272, art. 3(1), Sch. 2
12Duties in relation to powers of collaborationW
(1)A Welsh improvement authority must from time to time consider whether the exercise of any of its powers of collaboration would assist it to discharge its duties under sections 2(1), 3(2) and 8(7).
(2)If the authority concludes that the exercise of a power of collaboration would assist it to comply with those duties it must seek to exercise, or cause to be exercised, the power.
Commencement Information
I4S. 12 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2009/3272, art. 3(1), Sch. 2
[F412AGuidance about collaboration between Welsh improvement authoritiesW
In deciding whether and how to exercise its functions under sections 9(1) and 12, a Welsh improvement authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers.]
Textual Amendments
F4S. 12A inserted (W.) (31.8.2011) by Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4), ss. 161, 178(3); S.I. 2011/2011, art. 2(r)
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