C1C2PART 8F3...PAYMENTS AND PENSIONS

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C1

Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (25.1.2016) by Local Government (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 6), ss. 25(3)(4), 46(1)

C2

Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (21.1.2021) by Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1), ss. 142(3)(4)(5), 143, 175(1)(f)(2)

Principal functions of the Panel

I1144Relevant authorities, members etc.

1

This section applies for the purposes of this Part.

2

An authority is a “relevant authority” if it comes within one of the following descriptions—

a

a local authority;

b

a community council;

c

a National Park authority (established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995) for a National Park in Wales;

d

a Welsh fire and rescue authority, that is an authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.

F4da

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F5db

a corporate joint committee;

F1e

a body specified as a relevant authority in an order made by the Welsh Ministers.

3

A reference to a description of a relevant authority is to be read with subsection (2).

4

“Member”, in relation to a relevant authority, includes—

a

an elected mayor of the authority (within the meaning of section 39(1) of the Local Government Act 2000),

b

an elected executive member of the authority (within the meaning of section 39(4) of that Act), F7...

c

a co-opted member of the authorityF8, and

d

a person who is a member of a sub-committee of a corporate joint committee and is entitled to vote on any question to be decided by that sub-committee;

5

“Co-opted member”, in relation to a relevant authority F9other than a corporate joint committee, means a person who is not a member of the authority (except by virtue of subsection (4)) but—

a

is a member of a committee or sub-committee of the authority or is a member of, and represents the authority on, a joint committee or joint sub-committee of the authority, and

b

is entitled to vote on questions for decision at meetings of that committee or sub-committee.

F26

A body may only be specified as a relevant authority if—

a

the Welsh Ministers exercise functions in respect of it,

b

it exercises relevant functions, and

c

its membership includes at least one member of an authority described in subsection (2)(a) to (d).

7

A “relevant function” is—

a

a function conferred by an Act or Measure of the National Assembly for Wales, or

b

a function that could be conferred by an Act of the National Assembly for Wales.

8

Sections 142(4), 143, 147(3)(b) and 155 do not apply in relation to a relevant authority described in subsection F6(2)(db) or (e).