PART 7

MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS
CHAPTER 3

FUNCTIONS RELATING TO MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING

Requirement on principal councils to provide information etc. to other bodies
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1
The Welsh Ministers may direct a principal council (“council A”) to provide a relevant body with any information or documents which the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate—
a
for the purposes of considering whether to transfer the functions of council A to another principal council (“council B”) or to a new principal council,
b
for the purposes of giving effect to such a transfer, or
c
otherwise in connection with such a transfer.
2
The following are relevant bodies—
a
any other principal council (including council B) whose area will be, or is likely to be, affected by any merger regulations or restructuring regulations made in respect of council A;
b
any transition committee established by council A (see Schedule 11);
c
if a new principal area containing all or part of council A’s area is to be constituted, the shadow council for the new principal area.
3
The Welsh Ministers may also direct council B to provide another relevant body or council A with any information or documents which the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate as mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c).