PART 1ELECTORAL ADMINISTRATION AND REGISTRATION

CHAPTER 4ACCESSIBILITY AND DIVERSITY: WELSH ELECTIONS

Candidate survey: local government elections

25Survey of councillors and unsuccessful candidates in local elections

(1)

The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4) is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 1 (duty to conduct a survey)—

(a)

in subsection (1), for “regulations” substitute “a direction”;

(b)

for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3)

The Welsh Ministers may give a direction to local authorities that—

(a)

specifies the questions that must be asked in a survey;

(b)

specifies requirements about—

(i)

the form of the survey;

(ii)

how the survey is to be conducted;

(iii)

the collation of information from the survey.”;

(c)

in subsection (3A), for “answer the prescribed questions” substitute “respond to the survey”;

(d)

after subsection (3A), insert—

“(3B)

A local authority may include questions in a survey, or arrange for the inclusion of questions in a survey, in addition to the questions required by a direction of the Welsh Ministers under this section.”;

(e)

in subsection (4), for “prescribed” substitute “specified in a direction”.

(3)

In section 2 (completion of a survey and publication of information), in subsection (2), for “any prescribed form or manner” substitute “in such form or manner as the Welsh Ministers may direct”.

(4)

After section 3 (guidance about surveys), insert—

“3APublication of directions about surveys

The Welsh Ministers must publish any direction given under section 1(3) or 2(2).”