Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024

25 Survey of councillors and unsuccessful candidates in local elections

(1) The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 1 (duty to conduct a survey)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “regulations” substitute “a direction”;

(b) for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) The Welsh Ministers may give a direction to local authorities that—

(a) specifies the questions that must be asked in a survey;

(b) specifies requirements about—

(i) the form of the survey;

(ii) how the survey is to be conducted;

(iii) the collation of information from the survey.”;

(c) in subsection (3A), for “answer the prescribed questions” substitute “respond to the survey”;

(d) after subsection (3A), insert—

“(3B) A local authority may include questions in a survey, or arrange for the inclusion of questions in a survey, in addition to the questions required by a direction of the Welsh Ministers under this section.”;

(e) in subsection (4), for “prescribed” substitute “specified in a direction”.

(3) In section 2 (completion of a survey and publication of information), in subsection (2), for “any prescribed form or manner” substitute “in such form or manner as the Welsh Ministers may direct”.

(4) After section 3 (guidance about surveys), insert—

“3A Publication of directions about surveys

The Welsh Ministers must publish any direction given under section 1(3) or 2(2).”