Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021

Pre-review procedure

6 (1) Before conducting an initial review, the Commission must take the steps it considers appropriate—

(a) to make the mandatory consultees, and any other persons it considers likely to be interested in the review, aware of the direction to conduct the review and any other directions given by the Welsh Ministers which are relevant to the review, and

(b) to consult the mandatory consultees on its intended procedure and methodology for the initial review and, in particular, on how it proposes to determine the appropriate number of councillors of the principal council for the area under review.

(2) In this Schedule, “the mandatory consultees” means—

(a) in the case of an initial review conducted in accordance with a direction under section 11, the principal council of the area under review;

(b) in the case of an initial review conducted in accordance with a direction under section 138, the merging councils or the restructuring councils;

(c) the councils for the existing communities (if any) in the area under review;

(d) such other persons as are specified by the Welsh Ministers in a direction to conduct an initial review.