PART 2STANDARDS

CHAPTER 2INTERVENTION IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Warning notice

22Warning notice

(1)

The Welsh Ministers may give a warning notice to a local authority if they are satisfied that one or more of grounds 1 to 3 exist in relation to the local authority.

(2)

The Welsh Ministers must specify each of the following in the warning notice—

(a)

the grounds for intervention;

(b)

the reasons why they are satisfied that the grounds exist;

(c)

the action they require the local authority to take in order to deal with the grounds for intervention;

(d)

the period within which the action is to be taken by the local authority (“the compliance period”);

(e)

the action they are minded to take if the local authority fails to take the required action.