The Standards Committees (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

• Citation: S.I. 2023/988 (W.)
• Sections: 15

Section 1 Title and coming into force

The title of these Regulations is the Standards Committees (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and they come into force on 9 October 2023.

Section 2 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

The Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001 are amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 2 —

(a) in the appropriate place insert ““ corporate joint committee ” (“ cyd-bwyllgor corfforedig ”) means a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;” ;

(b) in the definition of “independent member”—

(i) in sub-paragraph (b), after “officer” omit “or”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), after “council” insert “, or” ;

(iii) after sub paragraph (c) insert “(d) where a relevant authority is a corporate joint committee, a person who is a member, co-opted member or officer of that corporate joint committee or its constituent authorities including a constituent National Park Authority or a spouse or civil partner of that member, co-opted member or officer;” ;

(c) in the definition of “lay panel member”—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), after “council,” omit “or”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), after “council” omit “;” and insert “, or” ;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

(c) where the relevant authority is a corporate joint committee, is

(i) a member of a constituent authority who is not a member of the executive of that authority, or

(ii) a member of a constituent National Park Authority who is not an eligible member of that corporate joint committee;

(d) in the definition of “relevant authority”—

(i) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “and”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (d), after “authority” omit “;” and insert “, and” ;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (d) insert “(e) a corporate joint committee;” .

Section 4 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 4—

(a) after paragraph (a) insert—

(aa) where the relevant authority is a corporate joint committee, members of that corporate joint committee’s constituent authorities or constituent National Park Authority but not co-opted members of that corporate joint committee other than those co-opted for membership of the standards committee of that corporate joint committee,

(b) in paragraph (c), after “members” insert “except where the relevant authority is a corporate joint committee” .

Section 5 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 6—

(a) in paragraph (1), omit “A person” and insert “Subject to (1A), a person” ;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

(1A) Where the relevant authority referred to in regulation 6(1) is a corporate joint committee, a person who has been, but is no longer a member of a corporate joint committee or a member of a constituent authority or constituent National Park Authority of that corporate joint committee, shall not be an independent member of the standards committee of that corporate joint committee.

(c) in paragraph (2), after “has not been a member” insert “, save that where the relevant authority is a corporate joint committee, the person may not be an independent member of a standards committee of any constituent authority or constituent National Park Authority of that corporate joint committee” .

Section 6 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 7—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) omit “A person” and insert “Subject to (1A), a person” ;

(ii) in the Welsh language text, after “nad yw’n” for “aelod” substitute “swyddog” ;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

(1A) Where the relevant authority referred to in regulation 7(1) is a corporate joint committee, a person who has been, but is no longer an officer of a corporate joint committee or an officer of a constituent authority or constituent National Park Authority of that corporate joint committee, shall not be an independent member of the standards committee of that corporate joint committee.

(c) in paragraph (2), after “one or more relevant authorities” insert “or if the relevant authority is a corporate joint authority, an officer of its constituent authorities or constituent National Park Authority” .

Section 7 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 8, after paragraph (3) insert—

(4) Where a relevant authority is a corporate joint committee, the chairperson of such an authority shall not be a member of the standards committee of that corporate joint committee.

Section 8 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 18—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) after “a member of that authority” insert—

, or a member of a corporate joint committee standards committee who is a member of a constituent authority of that corporate joint committee,

(ii) after “elections for that authority” insert “or constituent authority” ;

(b) in paragraph (2), after “local authority concerned” insert “, or, in the case of a corporate joint committee, a constituent authority of that corporate joint committee,” .

Section 9 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 19, after paragraph (2) insert—

(3) Where a relevant authority is a corporate joint committee, the term of office of a member of that authority’s standards committee who is a member of that authority’s constituent National Park Authority shall be no longer than the period until that member ceases to be a member of the constituent National Park Authority, and such a member shall cease to be a member of that standards committee if that member ceases to be a member of that National Park Authority.

Section 10 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 21(1), after “member of that authority,”, insert “or, where the relevant authority is a corporate joint committee, a member of a constituent authority or a constituent National Park Authority of that corporate joint committee,” .

Section 11 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 23(1), after “authorities concerned” insert “or, where the relevant authority is a corporate joint committee, is not a member of its constituent local authorities or constituent National Park Authority” .

Section 12 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 25—

(a) in paragraph (1), after “standards committee” insert “, except a corporate joint committee standards committee,” ;

(b) in paragraph (2), after “standards committee” insert “, except a corporate joint committee standards committee,” ;

(c) after paragraph (2) insert—

(2A) A corporate joint committee standards committee must hold at least one meeting during every period of 12 months after that corporate joint committee standards committee has been established.

Section 13 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 26, insert—

(10) This regulation does not apply to corporate joint committees.

Section 14 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 27, insert—

(5) This regulation does not apply to corporate joint committees.

Section 15 Amendments to the Standards Committees (Wales) Regulations 2001

In regulation 28, insert—

(3) This regulation does not apply to corporate joint committees.