Legislation – The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020

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PART 1General

Interpretation2.

In these Regulations—

“the 1972 Act” (“Deddf 1972”) means the Local Government Act 1972 M1;

“enactment” (“deddfiad”) means an enactment to the extent it contains provision which would be within the legislative competence of the National Assembly for Wales if it were contained in an Act of the Assembly;

“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means—

(a)

a principal council;

(b)

an executive of a principal council (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000);

(c)

a community council;

(d)

a joint board for an area in Wales, continued in being by virtue of section 263(1) of the 1972 Act;

(e)

a port health authority for a port health district in Wales, constituted under section 2 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 M2;

(f)

a fire and rescue authority for an area in Wales, constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 M3 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies;

(g)

a National Park authority;

(h)

a joint committee of two or more of the bodies mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (g);

(i)

a committee or sub-committee of any of the bodies mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (h);

“National Park authority” (“awdurdod Parc Cenedlaethol”) means a National Park authority for an area in Wales, established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995 M4;

“principal council” (“prif gyngor”) means a council for a county or county borough in Wales.