Part 4Impact of and adaptation to climate change

Reporting authorities: devolved Welsh functions

67Directions by Welsh Ministers to prepare reports

1

The Welsh Ministers may direct a reporting authority to prepare a report containing any of the following—

a

an assessment of the current and predicted impact of climate change in relation to the authority's devolved Welsh functions;

b

a statement of the authority's proposals and policies for adapting to climate change in the exercise of those functions and the time-scales for introducing those proposals and policies;

c

an assessment of the progress made by the authority towards implementing the proposals and policies set out in its previous reports.

2

The Welsh Ministers may direct two or more reporting authorities to prepare a joint report.

3

The Welsh Ministers may give directions about—

a

the time within which a report must be prepared, and

b

its content,

and may, in particular, require it to cover a particular geographical area.