73Conditions to be met before making requested joint committee regulationsE+W
(1)The conditions mentioned in section 72(2) are as follows.
(2)The first condition is that the Welsh Ministers have received a joint committee application.
(3)The second condition is that the Welsh Ministers have consulted the following on a draft of the proposed regulations—
(a)the principal councils that made the joint committee application,
(b)local people in the principal councils' areas,
(c)each of the councils for communities in the principal councils' areas,
(d)the National Park authority for a National Park, any part of which is in the area of any of the principal councils,
(e)the public services board or boards for the principal councils' areas,
(f)every trade union which is recognised (within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)) by one or more of the principal councils, and
(g)such other persons as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
(4)The third condition is that the principal councils that made the joint committee application have each given consent in writing to the regulations being made.