Section 6 – Submission of draft strategy to Ministers
19.This section details how a responsible authority or the lead authority, if there is more than one relevant authority (or, where there is no lead authority, the responsible authorities acting together) are to submit a draft strategy to the Welsh Ministers.
20.Subsection (1) provides a duty to submit the strategy in draft to the Welsh Ministers.
21.Subsection (2) details what the Welsh Ministers must do upon receipt of the draft strategy. They must either inform the responsible authority or authorities that they are satisfied that the draft strategy complies with the requirements imposed by this Measure, or if they are not satisfied, the Welsh Ministers will then give such directions as they think fit to the responsible authorities so that the responsible authorities will then be able to ensures that the strategy does comply with the requirements imposed by this Measure.
22.Subsection (3) provides that the responsible authority or authorities must not publish a strategy in its final form, until such time as they have sent a draft strategy to the Welsh Ministers, and the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that the draft strategy complies with the requirements of this Measure, or if the Welsh Ministers upon receipt of a draft strategy, have issued directions stating what the responsible authorities must do in order to ensure that the strategy does comply with the requirements of this Measure, that such directions have been complied with.
23.Subsection (4) confers on the Welsh Ministers the power to make regulations specifying in further detail how and when the provisions of this section 6 must be complied with.
