PART 7 MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS

CHAPTER 5 SUPPLEMENTARY

149 Terms 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.