Explanatory Notes

Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024

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9 September 2024

Commentary on Sections

Part 2 Elected Bodies and Their Members

Chapter 1: Arrangements for Local Government
Section 50 – Directions to pause reviews

124.Section 50 amends section 48 of the 2013 Act to enable the Welsh Ministers to issue a direction to pause a review being conducted under Part 3 of the 2013 Act. The Welsh Ministers must not use this power to pause a review for a period greater than 9 months in total. When a review is paused, the period of the pause is not to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the length of periods under section 36B(2) to (5).