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Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 provides for the establishment, through regulations, of Corporate Joint Committees. This can be achieved by two routes: at the instigation of two or more principal councils; and at the instigation of Welsh Ministers, but only in relation to certain functions or functional areas which are specified on the face of the Act.


The following regulations to establish four Corporate Joint Committees in Wales have been laid, with accompanying Explanatory Memorandum and Regulatory Impact Assessment, before the Senedd today (external link).


* The Mid Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021
* The North Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021
* The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021
* The South West Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021


As well as providing for the establishment of each of the four proposed Corporate Joint Committees, the Establishment Regulations also include the core constitutional arrangements and key details such as membership and the functions which will be exercised by each Corporate Joint Committee: strategic development planning; regional transport planning; and the power to do things to promote or improve the economic well\-being of their areas.


The Establishment Regulations have been informed by the responses to the consultation I launched on 12 October 2020 and engagement activity I and my officials have undertaken with local government and key stakeholders.


Alongside the Establishment Regulations the Corporate Joint Committees (Transport Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2021 and accompanying Explanatory Memorandum have also been laid.  The regulations make the necessary modifications to the Transport Act 2000 to require the above Corporate Joint Committees to develop transport polices and establish a regional transport plan for their areas.


A number of Statutory Instruments have also been laid alongside the Establishment Regulations to ensure that, from the point they are established, Corporate Joint Committees:


* are subject to appropriate standards of conduct and come under the remit of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
* are subject to appropriate accounting and financial management duties and come within the remit of the Auditor General for Wales
* are subject to the Public Services Equality Duty
* will be able to be subject to Welsh Language Standards


This ensures that Corporate Joint Committees (and their members) are subject to appropriate oversight, management and conduct requirements from the start.


Further secondary legislation is planned in the next term to complete the application of the local government legislative framework that Corporate Joint Committees will operate in – for example they can only be made subject to the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 once they have been established.  I will continue to work with local government to co\-develop an appropriate and proportionate implementation of that framework.


The Establishment Regulations and accompanying Instruments will be made under the affirmative resolution procedure and will be debated by the Senedd on 16 March.


The Establishment Regulations, and accompanying Instruments, will then come into force on 1 April 2021\. 


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Mae rhan 5 o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Leol ac Etholiadau (Cymru) 2021 yn galluogi sefydlu Cyd\-bwyllgorau Corfforedig, drwy reoliadau. Gellir cyflawni hyn drwy ddau lwybr : ar gais dau neu fwy o brif gynghorau; ac ar gais Gweinidogion Cymru, ond dim ond yng nghyd\-destun swyddogaethau penodol neu feysydd swyddogaethol sydd wedi eu nodi ar wyneb y Ddeddf.


Mae’r Rheoliadau canlynol i sefydlu pedwar Cyd\-bwyllgor Corfforedig yng Nghymru wedi eu gosod o flaen y Senedd heddiw, ac sydd ar gael trwy’r ddolen ganlynol, ynghyd â Memorandwm Esboniadol ac Asesiad Effaith Rheoleiddiol.


* Rheoliadau Cyd\-bwyllgor Corfforedig y Canolbarth 2021
* Rheoliadau Cyd\-bwyllgor Corfforedig y Gogledd 2021
* Rheoliadau Cyd\-bwyllgor Corfforedig y De\-ddwyrain 2021
* Rheoliadau Cyd\-bwyllgor Corfforedig y De\-orllewin 2021


Ynghyd â galluogi sefydlu pob un o’r pedwar Cyd\-bwyllgor Corfforedig arfaethedig, mae’r Rheoliadau Sefydlu yn cynnwys trefniadau cyfansoddiadol craidd a manylion allweddol megis aelodaeth a’r swyddogaethau fydd yn cael eu gweithredu gan bob Cyd\-bwyllgor Corfforedig: cynllunio datblygu strategol; cynllunio trafnidiaeth rhanbarthol; a’r pŵer i weithredu er mwyn hybu neu wella llesiant economaidd eu hardaloedd.


Mae’r Rheoliadau Sefydlu wedi eu llunio yn dilyn yr ymateb i’r ymgynghoriad a lansiais ar 12 Hydref 2020 yn ogystal â’r gweithgareddau ymgysylltu gwblhawyd gennyf i a’m swyddogion gyda llywodraeth leol a rhanddeiliaid allweddol.


I gyd\-fynd â’r Rheoliadau Sefydlu, mae’r Rheoliadau Cyd\-bwyllgorau Corfforedig (Swyddogaethau Trafnidiaeth) (Cymru) 2021 a’r Memorandwm Esboniadol cysylltiedig wedi eu gosod. Mae’r rheoliad hwn yn sicrhau’r addasiadau angenrheidiol i’r Ddeddf Trafnidiaeth 2000 i’w gwneud yn ofynnol i’r Cyd\-bwyllgorau Corfforedig uchod ddatblygu polisïau trafnidiaeth a sefydlu cynlluniau trafnidiaeth rhanbarthol yn eu hardaloedd.


Mae nifer o Offerynnau Statudol hefyd wedi eu gosod ynghyd â’r Rheoliadau Sefydlu i sicrhau bod y Cyd\-bwyllgorau Corfforedig o’r pwynt y cânt eu sefydlu:


* yn ddarostyngedig i safonau ymddygiad priodol ac yn dod o dan gylch gwaith yr Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru
* yn ddarostyngedig i ddyletswyddau cyfrifyddu a rheolaeth ariannol priodol ac yn dod o dan gylch gwaith yr Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru
* yn ddarostyngedig i’r Ddyletswydd Cydraddoldeb Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus
* yn gallu bod yn ddarostyngedig i Safonau’r Gymraeg


Mae hyn yn sicrhau bod y Cyd\-bwyllgorau Corfforedig (a’u haelodau) yn ddarostyngedig i ofynion goruchwyliaeth, rheolaeth ac ymddygiad priodol o’r dechrau.


Mae is\-ddeddfwriaeth bellach wedi’i chynllunio yn ystod y tymor nesaf i weithredu fframwaith deddfwriaethol llywodraeth leol y bydd y Cyd\-bwyllgorau Corfforedig yn gweithredu ynddo. Er enghraifft, dim ond unwaith y bydd y Cyd\-bwyllgorau Corfforedig wedi eu sefydlu y gellir eu gwneud yn ddarostyngedig i’r Ddeddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015\. Byddaf yn parhau i weithio gyda llywodraeth leol i gyd\-ddatblygu ffordd briodol a chymesur o weithredu’r fframwaith hwnnw.


Bydd y Rheoliadau Sefydlu a’r Offerynnau cysylltiedig yn cael eu creu o dan y weithdrefn penderfyniad cadarnhaol ac yn cael eu trafod yn y Senedd ar 16 Mawrth.


Bydd y Rheoliadau Sefydlu a’r Offerynnau cysylltiedig yn dod i rym ar 1 Ebrill 2021\.