Transition committees
13Functions of transition committees
1
A transition committee must provide to the merging authorities by which it is established, and to the shadow authority for the new principal area, advice and recommendations for—
a
facilitating the economic, effective and efficient transfer of functions, staff and property rights and liabilities from the merging authorities to the new principal local authority,
b
ensuring that the new principal local authority and its staff are in a position to perform the new principal local authority's functions effectively as from the time when it assumes them, and
c
any other purposes that the Welsh Ministers may specify by directions.
2
The Welsh Ministers may give a direction requiring—
a
a particular transition committee,
b
every transition committee of a description specified in the direction, or
c
every transition committee,
to exercise its functions in accordance with the direction.
3
A direction under this section may at any time be varied or revoked by a subsequent direction.
4
A transition committee must comply with a direction given to it under this section.
5
The Welsh Ministers may issue guidance as to the exercise of the functions of transition committees and a transition committee must have regard to any guidance issued under this subsection.
6
Neither an audit committee nor an overview and scrutiny committee of a merging authority may exercise any of its functions in relation to anything done by a transition committee; and for this purpose—
“audit committee” (“pwyllgor archwilio”) has the meaning given by section 81 of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011;
“overview and scrutiny committee” (“pwyllgor trosolwg a chraffu”) has the meaning given by section 21(1) of the Local Government Act 2000.