PART 7MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS

CHAPTER 5SUPPLEMENTARY

149Terms used in this Part

In this Part (including Schedule 1)—

“abolition request” (“cais i ddiddymu”) has the meaning given in section 130(1);

“council under consideration” (“cyngor sydd o dan ystyriaeth”) has the meaning given by section 129(4)(a);

“documents” (“dogfennau”) includes information recorded in any form (other than in section 148);

“form of executive” (“ffurf y weithrediaeth”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 11 of the 2000 Act;

“merger application” (“cais i uno”) has the meaning given in section 121(1);

“merger regulations” (“rheoliadau uno”) has the meaning given in section 124(2);

“merging council” (“cyngor sy'n uno”) means a principal council that has made a merger application and whose area is to be merged into a new principal area;

“principal area” (“prif ardal”) means—

(a)

a county in Wales;

(b)

a county borough (in Wales);

“restructuring council” (“cyngor sy'n cael ei ailstrwythuro”) means a principal council that has been given notice as described in section 129(6) of the Welsh Ministers' proposals to make restructuring regulations in relation to it;

“restructuring regulations” (“rheoliadau ailstrwythuro”) has the meaning given in section 131;

“shadow council” (“cyngor cysgodol”) (including “elected shadow council” and “designated shadow council”) means a council established as a shadow council in accordance with provision included in—

(a)

merger regulations under section 125;

(b)

restructuring regulations under section 133;

“transfer date” (“dyddiad trosglwyddo”)—

(a)

in relation to merger regulations, has the meaning given in section 124(1);

(b)

in relation to restructuring regulations, has the meaning given in section 131.