Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

Power to make regulations where no recommendations are made

10 (1) If the Commission has not submitted a final report to the Welsh Ministers under paragraph 8(3) by the date specified in the direction requiring the initial review to be conducted, the Welsh Ministers may make regulations under sub-paragraph (2).

(2) Regulations under this sub-paragraph may make the provision the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate for the electoral arrangements for the area under review and any provision they consider appropriate for relevant consequential changes.

(3) The Welsh Ministers, in considering the electoral arrangements for an area under review for the purpose of making regulations under sub-paragraph (2), must do the things set out in paragraph 5(1)(a) and (b) (and paragraph 5(2) and (4) apply accordingly).

(4) The Welsh Ministers may require the Commission to provide them with any information or documents they consider appropriate in relation to any matters which have come to the Commission’s attention in consequence of—

(a) any steps taken under paragraph 6,

(b) any investigation under paragraph 7,

(c) the preparation of a report under paragraph 7 or 8, or

(d) anything else done in the conduct of the initial review.