1. There shall be a committee
known as the Standing Committee on Legal Wales for the
purposes set out in Schedule 1.
2. The bodies named in Schedule 2 ("the Represented
Bodies") have agreed to support the purposes of the Committee
each body having the right to:
a. appoint one person to be a member of
the Committee,
b. replace a person so appointed at any
time, and
c. to appoint a person to act as an alternate
to the person appointed either for a specific meeting
of the Committee, or generally,
and every such appointment or replacement shall be notified
in writing to the Secretary of the Committee by the
body concerned.
3. Additional bodies may be invited to
join the Committee on a motion approved by not less
than 50% of the members of the Committee present and
voting and following acceptance of such an invitation
an additional body shall become a member of the Committee
as if they were named in Schedule 2.
4. The Committee, acting by a simple majority
of members present and voting, may invite individuals
or bodies interested in the purposes of the Committee
to attend meetings of the Committee as an observer or
to be represented by an observer, as the case may be.
5. The Chair of the Committee shall be
the Counsel General for Wales for the time being.
6. The Committee shall appoint annually,
by a majority of members present and voting, a Deputy
Chair of the Committee who shall preside at meetings
in the absence of the Chair or in circumstances when
it would be inappropriate for the Chair to preside and
who shall also represent the Committee on other occasions
when it would be inappropriate for the Chair to do so.
7. The Committee shall appoint a secretary
from amongst the Represented Bodies. The duties of the
secretary shall include the preparation and circulation
of the agenda and supporting papers for meetings of
the Committee and the preparation and circulation of
minutes of the meetings of the Committee.
8. The Committee will normally meet at
least three times a year. Unless circumstances render
it impractical, meetings shall take place at a venue
in Llandrindod Wells. Should matters arise which are
within the purposes of the Committee and time does not
permit the matter to be considered at the next meeting
of the Committee, then the Chair may seek the views
of the Committee in writing.
9. The Committee shall, where possible,
conduct its proceedings on a unanimous basis. However,
the Committee’s views shall not be binding on the
Represented Bodies and in any formulation or expression
of the Committee’s views proper expression shall
be given to any minority views, where requested by the
members of the Committee expressing those views.
10. The Committee may appoint sub committees.
Rule 9 shall apply to the proceedings of any sub committee.
A resolution appointing a sub committee shall specify:
a. the purposes for which it is formed,
b. the duration of its remit,
c. its membership,
d. its powers to co-opt additional members
to assist the sub committee in its
work (but subject to the majority of the sub committee
being members of the Committee) and
e. if it is to report back to the Committee
or has delegated powers to act on behalf of the Committee.
11. The Committee shall appoint annually, by
a majority of members present and voting, a Treasurer.
The Committee may resolve to establish a Bank Account
for the purpose of holding funds that may be subscribed
by Represented Bodies or otherwise received by the Committee,
or it may make arrangements with a Represented Body
for such funds to be held by that body for the Committee,
in a suitably designated account. In resolving to establish
any such an arrangement the Committee shall specify:
a. Arrangements for making payments from
the account and the authorised signatories, and
b. Arrangements for presenting financial
statements to the Committee and, if thought appropriate,
for the auditing of the Committee’s accounts.
12. A Represented Body shall cease to be a member
of the Committee if that body is not represented at
meetings of the Committee for a continuous period of
twelve months.
13. These rules may be amended and supplemented
by a majority of not less than two thirds of the members
of the Committee, notice of such changes having been
given at the meeting of the Committee next before the
meeting at which the changes will be voted upon.
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1. Sefydlir pwyllgor i’w
adnabod fel y Pwyllgor Sefydlog ar Gymru’r Gyfraith
i’r dibenion a nodir yn Atodlen 1.
2. Mae’r cyrff a enwir yn Atodlen 2 ("y
Cyrff a Gynrychiolir") wedi cytuno i gefnogi dibenion
y Pwyllgor a bydd gan bob corff yr hawl:
a. i benodi un person i fod yn aelod o’r
Pwyllgor,
b. i roi person yn lle’r person a
benodir ar unrhyw adeg, ac
c. i benodi person i weithredu fel dirprwy
i’r person a benodir naill ai ar gyfer cyfarfod
penodol o’r Pwyllgor, neu’n gyffredinol,
a chaiff pob apwyntiad neu ddirprwy o’r fath ei
hysbysu yn ysgrifenedig i Ysgrifennydd y Pwyllgor gan
y corff perthnasol.
3. Gellir gwahodd cyrff ychwanegol i ymuno
â’r Pwyllgor ar gynnig a gymeradwyir gan ddim llai
na 50% o aelodau’r Pwyllgor sy’n bresennol
ac yn pleidleisio ac yn dilyn derbyn gwahoddiad o’r
fath bydd corff ychwanegol yn dod yn aelod o’r
Pwyllgor, fel pe bai wedi’i enwi yn Atodlen 2.
4. Gall y Pwyllgor, drwy weithredu drwy fwyafrif syml
o’r aelodau sy’n bresennol ac yn pleidleisio,
wahodd unigolion neu gyrff sydd â diddordeb yn nibenion
y Pwyllgor i fynychu cyfarfodydd o’r Pwyllgor fel
sylwedydd neu i gael eu cynrychioli gan sylwedydd, yn
ôl y digwydd.
5. Cwnsler Cyffredinol Cymru fydd Cadeirydd
y Pwyllgor am y tro.
6. Bydd y Pwyllgor yn penodi yn flynyddol,
trwy fwyafrif o’r aelodau sy’n bresennol ac
yn pleidleisio, Ddirprwy Gadeirydd i’r Pwyllgor,
a fydd yn llywyddu mewn cyfarfodydd yn absenoldeb y
Cadeirydd neu mewn amgylchiadau lle byddai’n amhriodol
i’r Cadeirydd lywyddu a bydd hefyd yn cynrychioli’r
Pwyllgor ar adegau eraill pan fyddai’n amhriodol
i’r Cadeirydd wneud hynny.
7. Bydd y Pwyllgor yn penodi ysgrifennydd
o blith y Cyrff a Gynrychiolir. Bydd dyletswyddau’r
ysgrifennydd yn cynnwys paratoi a dosbarthu’r agenda
a phapurau ategol ar gyfer cyfarfodydd y Pwyllgor a
pharatoi a dosbarthu cofnodion cyfarfodydd y Pwyllgor.
8. Bydd y Pwyllgor fel arfer yn cyfarfod
o leiaf deirgwaith y flwyddyn. Oni fydd amgylchiadau
yn ei gwneud yn anymarferol, cynhelir y cyfarfodydd
mewn lleoliad yn Llandrindod. Os bydd materion yn codi
sydd o fewn dibenion y Pwyllgor ac na fydd amser yn
caniatáu i’r mater gael ei ystyried yng nghyfarfod
nesaf y Pwyllgor, yna gall y Cadeirydd ofyn barn y Pwyllgor
yn ysgrifenedig.
9. Bydd y Pwyllgor, lle bo’n bosibl,
yn cynnal ei drafodion ar sail unfrydedd. Fodd bynnag,
ni fydd barn y Pwyllgor yn rhwymo’r Cyrff a Gynrychiolir
ac wrth lunio, neu fynegi barn y Pwyllgor, rhoddir mynegiant
priodol i unrhyw farn leiafrifol, os gofynnir am hynny
gan yr aelodau o’r Pwyllgor sy’n mynegi’r
farn honno.
10. Gall y Pwyllgor benodi is-bwyllgorau.
Bydd Rheol 9 yn berthnasol i drafodion unrhyw is-bwyllgor.
Bydd penderfyniad yn penodi is-bwyllgor yn nodi:
a. y diben y cafodd ei ffurfio,
b. hyd ei gylch gorchwyl,
c. ei aelodaeth,
d. ei bwerau i gyfethol aelodau ychwanegol
i gynorthwyo’r is-bwyllgor yn ei waith (ond ar
yr amod bod mwyafrif yr is-bwyllgor yn aelodau o’r
Pwyllgor) ac
e. a ddylai adrodd yn ôl i’r Pwyllgor
neu a oes ganddo bwerau dirprwyedig i weithredu ar ran
y Pwyllgor.
11. Bydd y Pwyllgor yn penodi Trysorydd
yn flynyddol, drwy fwyafrif o’r aelodau sy’n
bresennol ac yn pleidleisio. Gall y Pwyllgor benderfynu
sefydlu Cyfrif Banc at ddiben cadw arian a all gael
ei danysgrifio gan y Cyrff a Gynrychiolir neu a dderbynnir
fel arall gan y Pwyllgor, neu gall wneud trefniadau
gyda Chorff a Gynrychiolir bod arian o’r fath yn
cael ei gadw gan y corff hwnnw ar ran y Pwyllgor, mewn
cyfrif a ddynodir yn briodol. Wrth benderfynu sefydlu
unrhyw drefniant o’r fath gall y Pwyllgor nodi:
a. Trefniadau ar gyfer gwneud taliadau
o’r cyfrif a’r llofnodwyr awdurdodedig, a
b. Trefniadau ar gyfer cyflwyno datganiadau
ariannol i’r Pwyllgor ac, os bernir fod yn briodol,
ar gyfer archwilio cyfrifon y Pwyllgor.
12. Bydd Corff a Gynrychiolir yn peidio
â bod yn aelod o’r Pwyllgor os na chaiff y corff
hwnnw ei gynrychioli mewn cyfarfodydd o’r Pwyllgor
am gyfnod parhaus o ddeuddeg mis.
13. Gall y rheolau hyn gael eu newid neu
eu hategu gan fwyafrif heb fod yn llai na dwy ran o
dair o aelodau’r Pwyllgor, gyda hysbysiad o newidiadau
o’r fath wedi ei roi yng nghyfarfod y Pwyllgor
nesaf cyn y cyfarfod pan bleidleisir ar y newidiadau.
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