Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/4/part/6/chapter/1
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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011, CHAPTER 1.
CHAPTER 1WOVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEES
Joint overview and scrutiny committeesW
58Joint overview and scrutiny committeesW
(1)The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision under which any two or more local authorities may—
(b)arrange for the committee to exercise any functions of making reports or recommendations about any matter which is not an excluded matter to—
(i)any of the local authorities appointing the committee, and
(ii)in the case of a local authority operating executive arrangements under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000, the local authority's executive.
(2)In subsection (1)(b) “excluded matter” means any matter with respect to which a crime and disorder committee could make a report or recommendations—
(3)The provision that may be made in regulations under this section includes (but is not limited to)—
(a)provision for arrangements to be made only in prescribed circumstances, or subject to prescribed conditions or limitations;
(b)provision for the appointment of sub-committees of joint overview and scrutiny committees;
(c)in relation to joint overview and scrutiny committees (or sub-committees of such committees), provision applying, or corresponding to, any provision of—
(i)subsections (4) to (15A) and (18) of section 21 of the Local Government Act 2000,
(ii)sections 21A, 21B, 21D, 21F and 21G of that Act,
(iii)section 186 of, and Schedule 11 to, the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.
(4)A local authority and a joint overview and scrutiny committee must, in exercising or deciding whether to exercise any function conferred on it by or under this section, have regard to guidance given by the Welsh Ministers.
(5)In section 21 of the Local Government Act 2000 (overview and scrutiny committees), in subsection (2A)(e)—
(a)after “committee” insert “—
(b)after “concerned” insert “, or
(ii)a joint overview and scrutiny committee within the meaning of section 58 of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 appointed by two or more local authorities, one of which is the authority concerned”.
Powers of committeesW
59Scrutinising designated personsW
(2)In subsection (2)(e), at the end insert “ (insofar as the committee is not, or committees are not, under a duty to do those things by virtue of subsection (2ZA)) ”.
“(2ZA)Executive arrangements by a local authority in Wales must ensure that their overview and scrutiny committee is required (or their overview and scrutiny committees, and any joint overview and scrutiny committees, are required between them) to make reports or recommendations on matters which relate to designated persons and affect the authority's area or the inhabitants of that area.”.
(4)In subsection (2A), after “(2)” insert “ or (2ZA) ”.
60Notifying designated persons of report or recommendationsW
61Designated personsW
I1S. 61 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(e)
Taking into account the views of the publicW
62Taking into account the views of the publicW
(1)A local authority must make arrangements of the kind referred to in subsection (2) in relation to each relevant overview and scrutiny committee of the authority.
(2)Those arrangements are arrangements that enable all persons who live or work in the local authority's area to bring to the attention of the relevant overview and scrutiny committee their views on any matter under consideration by the committee.
(3)A relevant overview and scrutiny committee must, when exercising its functions, take into account any views brought to its attention in accordance with arrangements made under this section.
(4)In complying with subsection (1), a local authority must have regard to guidance given by the Welsh Ministers.
(5)In complying with subsection (3), a relevant overview and scrutiny committee must have regard to guidance given by the Welsh Ministers.
“joint overview and scrutiny committee” (“”) has the same meaning as in section 21(2A) of the Local Government Act 2000;
“matter under consideration” (“”), in relation to a relevant overview and scrutiny committee, means a matter in respect of which the committee is exercising any function;
“relevant overview and scrutiny committee” (“”), in relation to a local authority, means—
an overview and scrutiny committee of the authority,
a sub-committee of such a committee,
a joint overview and scrutiny committee of the authority, or
a sub-committee of such a joint committee.
I2S. 62 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(f)
Powers of councillorsW
I3S. 63 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(g)
Duty to respond to overview and scrutiny committeeW
64Duty to respond to overview and scrutiny committeeW
In section 21B of the Local Government Act 2000 (duty of authority or executive to respond to overview and scrutiny committee), in subsection (1) omit “in England”.
I4S. 64 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(g)
Provision consequential on sections 63 and 64W
65Provision consequential on sections 63 and 64W
(2)In section 21D (publication etc of reports, recommendations and responses: confidential and exempt information), in subsection (6) in the definition of “exempt information”, after “2006” insert “ or section 186 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 ”.
(3)In section 22 (access to information etc), in subsection (12A)—
(a)after “State” insert “ (in relation to local authorities in England), or the Welsh Ministers (in relation to local authorities in Wales), ”;
(b)in paragraph (a), omit “in England”.
I5S. 65 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(g)
I6S. 66 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(h)
I7S. 67 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(h)
I8S. 68 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(h)
I9S. 69 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(h)
I10S. 70 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(h)
I11S. 71 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(h)
I12S. 72 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(h)
I13S. 73 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(h)
I14S. 74 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(h)
I15S. 75 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(h)
Co-opted members of overview and scrutiny committeesW
76Guidance and directions about co-optionW
(1)A local authority must, in exercising or deciding whether to exercise a co-option function—
(b)comply with directions given by the Welsh Ministers.
(2)In this section “co-option function” means a function of a local authority that relates to co-opted members of—
(a)overview and scrutiny committees, or
(b)sub-committees of such committees.
(3)That includes (but is not limited to) a function that relates to appointment of such co-opted members.
Restricting party control of committeesW
78Prohibition of whipped votes & declaration of party whipsW
(1)A member of an overview and scrutiny committee must not vote on a question at a meeting of the committee if, before the meeting, the member has been given a party whip relating to the question (a “prohibited party whip”).
(2)A vote that is given in breach of subsection (1) must be disregarded.
(3)Standing orders must provide that, at each meeting of an overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority, each member of the committee must declare any prohibited party whip which the member has been given in relation to the meeting.
(4)Standing orders must require the minutes of each meeting of an overview and scrutiny committee to record all such declarations of prohibited party whips made at the meeting.
(5)It is for the person chairing a meeting of an overview and scrutiny committee to determine whether a member of the committee has been given a prohibited party whip in relation to the meeting.
(6)If the decision of a question by an overview and scrutiny committee is materially affected by a breach of this section, the decision is to be treated as if it had not been made.
(7)Subsection (6) does not affect any act or omission of any person apart from the overview and scrutiny committee.
(8)For the purposes of subsection (6), the decision of a question by an overview and scrutiny committee is materially affected by a breach of this section if—
(a)one or more members of the committee vote on the question in breach of subsection (1),
(b)one or more of the votes mentioned in paragraph (a) is not disregarded in accordance with subsection (2), and
(c)the decision on the question would have been different if the vote or votes mentioned in paragraph (b) had been disregarded in accordance with subsection (2).
(9)This section applies in relation to a sub-committee of an overview and scrutiny committee as it applies to the overview and scrutiny committee (and references in this section to an overview and scrutiny committee are accordingly to be read as including references to such a sub-committee).
“party whip” (“”) means an instruction (however expressed) which—
is given on behalf of a political group on a local authority;
is given to a person (P) who is—
a member of the political group, and
a member of an overview and scrutiny committee of the local authority;
is an instruction as to how P should vote on a question falling to be decided by the committee; and
if not complied with by P, would be likely to make P liable to disciplinary action by the political group which gives the instruction;
“political group” (“”) means a group of members of a local authority that is a political group for the purposes of Part 1 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;
“standing orders” (“”), in relation to an overview and scrutiny committee, means standing orders regulating the proceedings and business of that committee.
I16S. 78 in force at 30.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1187, art. 2(1)(i)
Overview and scrutiny committee structureW
79Guidance and directionsW
80Interpretation of this ChapterW
“co-opted member” (“”), in relation to an overview and scrutiny committee of a local authority, or a sub-committee of such a committee, means a person who is—
“overview and scrutiny committee” (“”) has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (see section 21 of that Act).