Agenda - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2 - Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 23 January 2012

Meeting time: 14.30
For further information contact:

Steve George

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

Contact@Assembly.Wales

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1 Introduction, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

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2 Instruments that raise no reporting issues under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

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Negative Resolution Instruments

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CLA76 - The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) (No.2) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Negative Procedure. Date made 4 January 2012. Date laid 6 January 2012. Coming into force date 1 February 2012

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CLA77 - The Advisory Panel to the Welsh Language Commissioner (Appointment) Regulations 2012

Negative Procedure. Date made 11 January 2012. Date laid 12 January 2012. Coming into force date 6 February 2012

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CLA78 - The Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Negative procedure. Date made 11 January 2012. Date laid 12 January 2012. Coming into force date 12 January 2012

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CLA79 - The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012

Negative Procedure. Date made 10 January 2012. Date laid 12 January 2012. Coming into force date in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

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Affirmative Resolution Instruments

None

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3 Instruments that raise issues to be reported to the Assembly under Standing Order 21.2 or 21.3

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Negative Resolution Instruments

None

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Affirmative Resolution Instruments

None

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4 The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions Etc) Order 2011

(Pages 1 - 19)

Papers:

CLA(4)-02-12 (p1) - The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions Etc) Order 2011 

CLA(4)-02-12 (p2) – Explanatory Memorandum to the Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions Etc) Order 2011

CLA(4)-02-12(p3) – Consent motion

CLA(4)-02-12(p4) – Legal Service Briefing on The Local Better Regulation Office (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions Etc) Order 2011  

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5 Committee Correspondence

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CLA59 - The Carers Strategies (Wales) Regulations 2011

(Pages 20 - 21)

CLA(4)-02-12(p5) – Letter from the Chair to the Minister dated 2 December 2011

CLA(4)-02-12(p6) – The Minister’s response dated 10 January 2012

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6 Local Government Byelaws Bill

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Evidence session with the Minister for Local Government and Communities Carl Sargeant AM

(Pages 22 - 92)

Papers:

CLA(4)-01-12 (p1) - Local Government Byelaws Bill

CLA(4)-01-12 (p2) – Explanatory Memorandum to the Local Government Byelaws Bill

Present:

· Carl Sargeant AM, Minister for Local Government and Communities, Welsh Government

· Stephen Phipps, Ethics and Regulation Team

· Louise Gibson, Lawyer

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7 Date of the next meeting

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CLA(4)-01-12- Report

Papers to note:

CLA(4)-01-12- Report of the meeting 16 January 2012

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8 The Committee will be invited to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(vi):

A Committee may resolve to exclude the public from a meeting or any part of a meeting where:

(vi) the Committee is deliberating on the conclusions or recommendations of a report it proposes to publish

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9 Consideration of the evidence on Local Government Byelaws Bill

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