Part 3 – Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru
34.This Part makes provision for the conferral of Senedd constituency boundary review functions on the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales, and for its related change of name. This Part provides for those changes by amending the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 and making a similar change to the short title of that Act.
Section 11 - Renaming the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013
35.Section 11 makes provision to change the short title of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 to the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013 to reflect the amendments being made to it by this Act. This section also introduces Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act which makes amendments to various enactments in consequence of this section.
Section 12 - Renaming the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales
36.Section 12 changes the name of the Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales to the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru to reflect the additional responsibilities given to it by this Part of the Act. This section also introduces Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Act which makes amendments to various enactments in consequence of this section.
