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The Local Authorities (Allowances for Members) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (Note)

The Local Authorities (Allowances for Members) (Wales) Regulations 2007

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2007 No. 1086 (W.115)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WALES

The Local Authorities (Allowances for Members) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Made 28 March 2007

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers given to the Secretary of State by section 18 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989[1] which are now vested in the National Assembly for Wales so far as exercisable in Wales[2] and the powers given to it by sections 100 and 105 of the Local Government Act 2000[3], having carried out such consultation as is required by section 100(5) of the Local Government Act 2000:

PART 1

General

Title, commencement and application

1. -(1) The title of these Regulations is the Local Authorities (Allowances for Members) (Wales) Regulations 2007 and these Regulations come into force on-

(a) for the purposes of -

(i) this regulation;

(ii) regulation 2;

(iii) Part 6;

(iv) paragraphs (1), (5) to (8), (10) to (13), (15), (18), (19) and (21) to (23) of regulation 40;

(v) paragraphs (1), (5), (6), (7) and (11) to (13) of regulation 41; and

(vi) regulation 43, on 1 June 2007; and

(b) for all other purposes, on the day that is four months after the day on which the National Assembly for Wales receives, in accordance with regulation 39(1), the report produced by the Panel under regulation 34.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations -

"the 1972 Act" ("Deddf 1972") means the Local Government Act 1972[4];

"the 2000 Act" ("Deddf 2000") means the Local Government Act 2000;

"the 2002 Regulations" ("Rheoliadau 2002") means the Local Authorities (Allowances for Members of County and County Borough Councils and National Park Authorities) (Wales) Regulations 2002[5];

"alternative arrangements" ("trefniadau amgen") means arrangements for the discharge of the functions of an authority which are of a type described in section 32(1) of the 2000 Act;

"annual report" ("adroddiad blynyddol") means a report produced by the Panel in accordance with regulation 35 of these Regulations;

"approved duty" ("dyletswydd a gymeradwywyd") means -

(a) attendance at a meeting of the authority or of any committee of the authority or of any body to which the authority makes appointments or nominations or of any committee of such a body;

(b) attendance at a meeting of any association of authorities of which the authority is a member;

(c) attendance at any other meeting the holding of which is authorised by the authority or by a committee of the authority or by a joint committee of the authority and one or more other authorities;

(d) a duty undertaken for the purpose of or in connection with the discharge of the functions of an executive where the authority is operating executive arrangements within the meaning of Part II of the 2000 Act;

(e) a duty undertaken in pursuance of a standing order which requires a member or members to be present when tender documents are opened;

(f) a duty undertaken in connection...

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