Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Version in vigour from 2024-11-16 to )

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Coming into Force	16 November 2024

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Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
PART 1: ELECTIONS

Overview of Part

1: Overview: This Part—

Right to vote in local government elections

2: Extension of right to vote in local government elections
3: Transitional provision
4: Duty to promote awareness and provide assistance

Voting systems for elections to principal councils

5: Two voting systems
6: Key definitions
7: The voting system that applies
8: Power to change the voting system
9: Resolutions to exercise the power to change the voting system
10: Duty to notify when resolution passed
11: Initial review by the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission
12: Restriction on number of councillors if single transferable vote system applies
13: Rules about the conduct of local elections in Wales

Electoral cycles

14: Change of electoral cycle for principal councils from four years to five years
15: Change of electoral cycle for community councils from four years to five years
16: Change of electoral cycle for elected mayors from four years to five years
17: Extension of power to change ordinary day of local elections in Wales

Registration of local government electors

18: Registration of local government electors without application

Qualification for membership of a local authority

19: Qualification for election and holding office as a member of a local authority in Wales

Disqualification of members of local authorities

20: Disqualification for election and being a member of a local authority
21: Disqualification of member of a local authority in Wales for appointment to paid office

Documents at local government elections

22: Translations etc. of documents at local government elections in Wales

General

23: Minor and consequential amendments

PART 2: GENERAL POWER OF COMPETENCE

24: Local authority's general power of competence

25: Boundaries of the general power

26: Limits on charging in exercise of general power

27: Limits on doing things for commercial purpose in exercise of general power

28: Powers to make supplementary provision

29: Amendments relating to this Chapter
30: Becoming an eligible community council

31: Continuing to be an eligible community council

32: Ceasing to be an eligible community council

33: Community councils that cease to be eligible: exercise of general power of competence
34: Common community councils established after this Act is passed

35: Power to amend or modify this Chapter

36: Guidance on exercise of functions under this Chapter
37: Amendments relating to this Chapter

PART 3: PROMOTING ACCESS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

38: Overview: In this Part—

Principal councils' duty to encourage participation in local government

39: Duty to encourage local people to participate in decision-making by principal councils
40: Strategy on encouraging participation
41: Public participation strategy: consultation and review

Principal council's petition scheme

42: Duty to make petition scheme

Addresses of members of principal councils

43: Duty on principal councils to publish official addresses

Guidance

44: Guidance on exercise of functions under this Chapter

45: Principal councils' duty to publish constitution and constitution guide

46: Electronic broadcasts of meetings of certain local authorities

47: Attendance at local authority meetings

48: Participation at meetings of community councils
49: Notices etc. of local authority meetings

50: Regulations about conduct of local authority meetings, documents relating to meetings and publication of information

51: Regulations about community meetings
52: Annual reports by community councils

PART 4: LOCAL AUTHORITY EXECUTIVES, MEMBERS, OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Overview of Part

53: Overview: This Part makes provision—

Chief executives

54: Chief executives
55: Replacement of references to “salary” in section 143A of the 2011 Measure
56: Reconsideration of remuneration following direction by the Welsh Ministers

Executives of principal councils

57: Appointment of assistants to executive
58: Job-sharing: executive leaders and executive members: Schedule 7 provides for amendments to the 2000 Act to make provision—
59: Content of, and duty to have regard to, guidance under section 38 of the 2000 Act

Entitlement of members to job-share and to family absence

60: Job-sharing: non-executive offices in principal councils
61: Family absence for members of local authorities

Conduct of members

62: Duties of leaders of political groups in relation to standards of conduct
63: Duty of standards committee to make annual report
64: Certain investigations by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales

Overview and scrutiny committees

65: Making information available to overview and scrutiny committees
66: Power to require authorities to appoint joint overview and scrutiny committees

Training of members and staff of community councils

67: Community council training plans

PART 5: COLLABORATIVE WORKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS

68: Terms used in Part
69: Guidance about collaborative working

Applications to establish a corporate joint committee

70: Application by principal councils to establish a corporate joint committee
71: Consultation before making joint committee application: Before making a joint committee application the principal councils must consult—

Requested joint committee regulations

72: Requested joint committee regulations
73: Conditions to be met before making requested joint committee regulations

74: Joint committee regulations where no request has been made

75: Conditions to be met before making regulations under section 74

Promotion and improvement of economic well-being

76: Economic well-being function

Provision in joint committee regulations

77: Provision that may or must be included in joint committee regulations

Amendment and revocation of joint committee regulations

78: Application by principal councils to amend or revoke joint committee regulations
79: Further provision in relation to applications
80: Amendment and revocation of joint committee regulations
81: Conditions to be met before amending joint committee regulations: application required from principal councils
82: Conditions to be met before amending or revoking joint committee regulations: no application required from principal councils

Supplementary etc. provision in and in relation to joint committee regulations

83: Supplementary etc. provision in certain regulations under this Part
84: Power of the Welsh Ministers to amend, repeal etc. enactments

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