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SCHEDULE 7
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RELATIONS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT: SUPPLEMENTARY |
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Membership of the Partnership Council |
| | 1. - (1) The members of the Partnership Council shall be appointed by the Assembly.
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(2) Appointments to membership of the Partnership Council shall be made as soon as is reasonably practicable after each ordinary election but in any event so that a meeting of the Partnership Council can be held as required by paragraph 4(2).
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(3) Members of the Partnership Council may resign at any time but, subject to that and to paragraph 2(5), shall remain members until the end of the day before the next ordinary election.
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(4) The Assembly may at any time fill a casual vacancy in the membership of the Partnership Council.
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(5) The Assembly may not delegate the function of appointing members of the Partnership Council to-
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(a) a committee of the Assembly, or |
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(b) a member of the Assembly's staff. |
| | 2. - (1) The Assembly shall appoint as members of the Partnership Council-
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(a) such number of Assembly members, and |
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(b) such number of members of local authorities in Wales, |
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as the Assembly considers appropriate.
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(2) The number of members of the Partnership Council who have been appointed under paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) shall at no time exceed the number who have been appointed under paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph (unless the excess is due to casual vacancies which are temporarily unfilled).
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(3) A member of an authority or body within paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of subsection (7) of section 110 may only be appointed under sub-paragraph (1)(b) if he is also a member of an authority within paragraph (a) of that subsection.
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(4) A person may not be appointed under sub-paragraph (1)(b) if he is also an Assembly member.
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(5) A person appointed under paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) shall cease to be a member of the Partnership Council if he ceases to be an Assembly member; and a person appointed under paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph shall cease to be a member of the Partnership Council if he ceases to be eligible for appointment under that paragraph.
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Consultation about membership of Partnership Council |
| | 3. - (1) After each ordinary election the Assembly shall consult-
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(a) local authorities in Wales, and |
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(b) associations of local authorities in Wales, |
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about the membership of the Partnership Council.
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(2) The consultation required by sub-paragraph (1) shall include consultation about-
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(a) the number of persons to be appointed under paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2, |
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(b) the number of persons to be appointed under paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph, and |
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(c) in relation to each of the descriptions of authorities and bodies within paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of section 110(7), the number of members of an authority or body of that description to be appointed. |
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(3) When consulting authorities and associations under sub-paragraph (1), the Assembly shall invite them to make, within a period specified by the Assembly, nominations of persons for appointment to membership of the Partnership Council under paragraph 2(1)(b).
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(4) The Assembly shall make appointments under paragraph 2(1)(b) from among those nominated in accordance with the invitation except to the extent that the number of persons so nominated is insufficient to produce the number of members required.
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(5) The Assembly shall consult-
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(a) local authorities in Wales, and |
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(b) associations of local authorities in Wales, |
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before filling a casual vacancy among the members of the Partnership Council appointed under paragraph 2(1)(b).
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Procedure of the Partnership Council |
| | 4. - (1) The Partnership Council must meet at least once a year.
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(2) The first meeting of the Partnership Council after each ordinary election must be held within the period of six months beginning with the day on which the poll at the ordinary election is held.
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(3) Subject to sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), the procedure of the Partnership Council shall be regulated by standing orders made by the Assembly.
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(4) The Assembly shall consult-
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(a) local authorities in Wales, and |
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(b) associations of local authorities in Wales, |
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before making, or remaking or revising, the standing orders of the Partnership Council.
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(5) If the procedures of the Partnership Council allow for the appointment or election of committees, the membership of every committee of the Partnership Council shall be such that the number of its members who were appointed to the Partnership Council under paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 2 does not exceed the number who were so appointed under paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph.
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The local government scheme |
| | 5. The Assembly shall keep the local government scheme under review and in the year following each ordinary election shall consider whether it should be remade or revised.
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| | 6. The Assembly may not delegate the function of making, or remaking or revising, the local government scheme to-
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(a) a committee of the Assembly, or |
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(b) a member of the Assembly's staff. |
| | 7. The Assembly shall publish the local government scheme when first made and whenever subsequently remade and, if the scheme is revised without being remade, shall publish either the revisions or the scheme as revised (as it considers appropriate).
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| | 8. After each financial year of the Assembly, the Assembly shall publish a report of how its proposals as specified in the local government scheme were implemented in that financial year.
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