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Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
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· 2021-01-20
2025-09-10
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2025-04-01
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2024-11-16
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2024-11-09
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2024-08-24
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2024-06-25
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2022-07-15
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2022-05-06
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2022-05-05
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2022-04-01
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2022-03-10
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2021-12-03
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2021-11-17
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2021-11-01
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2021-05-06
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2021-05-01
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
Changes on 2021-05-01
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### Right to vote in local government elections
#### Other consequential etc. provision
#### Guidance
##### 2
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##### 49
Part 1 of Schedule 4 makes amendments to the 1972 Act and other Acts, concerning notices and other documents relating to meetings of local authorities.
- (1) Part 1 of Schedule 4 makes amendments to the 1972 Act and other Acts, concerning notices and other documents relating to meetings of local authorities.
- (2) Any notice or other document relating to a local authority meeting which is required under any enactment to be published electronically is, for the purposes of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Defamation Act [1996 (c. 31)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/31), to be treated as a document required by law to be open to public inspection.
- (3) In subsection (2) “local authority meeting” has the same meaning as in section 50(5).
#### Regulations about conduct of local authority meetings, documents relating to meetings and publication of information
@@ -7878,9 +7882,9 @@
In the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015, in section 5(5A) (publication of local strategies) for “or 44(5)” substitute “ , 44(5) or 47(6) or (11) ”.
#### Extension of right to vote in local government elections
#### Duty to promote awareness and provide assistance
#### Overview
#### Transitional provision
#### Change of electoral cycle for community councils from four years to five years
@@ -7892,65 +7896,65 @@
#### Qualification for election and holding office as a member of a local authority in Wales
#### Disqualification of member of a local authority in Wales for appointment to paid office
#### Boundaries of the general power
#### Duty to encourage local people to participate in decision-making by principal councils
#### Attendance at local authority meetings
#### Chief executives
#### Appointment of assistants to executive
#### Content of, and duty to have regard to, guidance under section 38 of the 2000 Act
#### Family absence for members of local authorities
#### Certain investigations by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
#### Disqualification for election and being a member of a local authority
#### Local authority's general power of competence
#### Overview
#### Electronic broadcasts of meetings of certain local authorities
#### Overview
#### Reconsideration of remuneration following direction by the Welsh Ministers
#### Job-sharing: executive leaders and executive members
#### Job-sharing: non-executive offices in principal councils
#### Duty of standards committee to make annual report
#### Power to require authorities to appoint joint overview and scrutiny committees
#### Community council training plans
#### Guidance about collaborative working
#### Duty to consult local people etc. on performance
#### Meaning of lay person
#### Consultation before making merger application
#### Guidance to Panel
#### Terms used in Part
#### Duty of principal council to keep its performance under review
#### Membership of governance and audit committee
#### Merger applications
#### Reports of Panel relating to shadow councils and new principal councils
#### Powers of billing authorities to require the supply of information relating to hereditaments
#### Powers of billing authorities to inspect properties
#### Requirement to supply to billing authorities information relevant to determining liability to non-domestic rates
#### Multipliers
#### Amendment of Chapter 3 of Part 5 of the Local Government Finance Act 1988
#### Removal of power to provide for imprisonment of council tax debtors
#### Joint and several liability to pay council tax
#### Procedure for certain regulations and orders made under the Local Government Finance Act 1992
#### Information sharing between regulators, the Auditor General for Wales and the Welsh Ministers
#### Head of democratic services
#### Appointment by Local Democracy and Boundary Commission of its chief executive
#### Amendment of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 consequential on section 159
#### Abolition of polls consequent on a community meeting
#### Directions under section 48 of the 2013 Act
#### Combined fire and rescue authorities: inquiries
#### Fire and rescue authorities: disapplication of the 2009 Measure
#### Repeal of the 2009 Measure
#### Directions
#### Merging and demerging public services boards under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015
#### Performance and governance of fire and rescue authorities
#### National Park authorities: disapplication of the 2009 Measure
#### Interpretation
### Initial reviews
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[^key-61dbdeee41b2a2b2c448801e31a64fa1]: Sch. 11 para. 7(4) omitted (1.4.2021) by virtue of [Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1), [s. 175(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1/section/175/7), [Sch. 10 para. 10](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1/schedule/10/paragraph/10); [S.I. 2021/297](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/297), [reg. 2(h)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/297/regulation/2/h)
[^key-2debcb8e8f8c410e63ad458df7e625b5]: S. 47(1)-(7)(9) in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/a)
[^key-e42896faaff314f007799f03a4d1c1e6]: Sch. 4 para. 17(1)-(3) in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c)
[^key-49cba8b738472aeae884f8c6fc8acbb6]: S. 49 in force at 1.5.2021 in so far as not already in force by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/b)
[^key-b33e6bb2c3dc676f586f77ee963806f6]: Sch. 4 para. 1 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c)
[^key-e7b806d1336d5378fde79dc01682fc0b]: Sch. 4 para. 2 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c)
[^key-2d8ff51b2220195da1fd54b1f51bca17]: Sch. 4 para. 3 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c)
[^key-5d5525ee07fdddb4895ddfd231b0c6fd]: Sch. 4 para. 4 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c)
[^key-177e73b97e59342091b0e40e0f889b4b]: Sch. 4 para. 5 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-5f70903ad729379fa29e08d1ff18523b]: Sch. 4 para. 6 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-ee1f27495e8f9b43d55b0751b16a0d66]: Sch. 4 para. 7 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-4b18e46d51579de8c12aafe504ff08c8]: Sch. 4 para. 8 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-081f0489197a131d35fb5f59bf9a718a]: Sch. 4 para. 9 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-83032d1d59c4d9b292081ad55e621f53]: Sch. 4 para. 10 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-3da5d015b5ef355d11df5e6171568a5d]: Sch. 4 para. 11 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-d7c7a07c1c4c8abbc0cd87c088af1b3e]: Sch. 4 para. 12 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-5eacd399c60ef82243552eb1aad32a33]: Sch. 4 para. 13 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-912eb793725593fe4486b0db460a830c]: Sch. 4 para. 14 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-031fa84b03016b0d961cc45199968d50]: Sch. 4 para. 15 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-d6c1e8f299acf2a517c567778256ef28]: Sch. 4 para. 16 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c)
[^key-74fcc21951e075829e408bc4b369233b]: Sch. 4 para. 18 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c)
[^key-a5be83fc8abfb7d49e00111c1657d5a4]: Sch. 4 para. 19 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-fb4d824ddc85a7cfb57d1794985d1da0]: Sch. 4 para. 20 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-335a3b6560b0b95a0af816277746d325]: Sch. 4 para. 21 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c) (with [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/3))
[^key-41f1f42b1aca62db3f75fade0e56dae5]: Sch. 4 para. 22 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c)
[^key-8561f61be80e963f7666f277febae97f]: Sch. 4 para. 23 in force at 1.5.2021 by [S.I. 2021/354](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354), [art. 2(c)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/354/article/2/c)
[^key-11a60a371ddb4307e11aacdd7bd3bdba]: S. 49 renumbered as s. 49(1) (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by [The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/356), [regs. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/356/regulation/1/2), [5(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/356/regulation/5/2) (with [regs. 10](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/356/regulation/10), [11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/356/regulation/11))
[^key-8f69cad89a4cc648e9c41f10b84e732d]: S. 49(2)(3) inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by [The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (Consequential Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/356)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/356), [regs. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/356/regulation/1/2), [5(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/356/regulation/5/3) (with [regs. 10](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/356/regulation/10), [11](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/356/regulation/11))
[^M_I_0b995d71-d4a7-4834-b79f-d4810c18fa62]: S. 149 in force at 21.1.2021 for specified purposes, see s. 175(1)(f)(2)(i)(i)
[^key-24404d3fe50d28d8d3b7f3a92c97da25]: [Sch. 6 para. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1/schedule/6/paragraph/2) omitted (17.11.2021) by virtue of [Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1), [s. 175(7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1/section/175/7), [Sch. 2 para. 1(9)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2021/1/schedule/2/paragraph/1/9); [S.I. 2021/1249](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1249), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1249/article/2/b)
2021-04-01
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2021-03-20
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2021-03-04
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2021-01-21
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
2021-01-20
Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
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