PART 2E+WTHE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE WALES

Prospective

Improvement reports and improvement plansE+W

24Improvement plansE+W

(1)Where the OEGW publishes an improvement report, the Welsh Ministers must respond by publishing an improvement plan.

(2)An improvement plan must set out—

(a)what the Welsh Ministers propose to do in response to the recommendations in the improvement report, including in particular—

(i)the actions the Welsh Ministers propose to take to implement the recommendations (in full or in part),

(ii)the proposed timescales for implementing the recommendations,

(iii)the arrangements for reviewing, and reporting on, progress in implementing the recommendations, and

(b)if the Welsh Ministers do not intend to implement the recommendations (in full or in part), the reasons for that.

(3)The Welsh Ministers must publish an improvement plan—

(a)before the end of 6 months beginning with the day they were sent an improvement report under section 22(4)(a), or

(b)if they consider that it is necessary to consult any person about the plan, before the end of 9 months beginning with that day.

(4)Where the Welsh Ministers publish an improvement plan, they must lay a copy of it before Senedd Cymru.

Commencement Information

I1S. 24 in force at 27.4.2028 (conditional on an earlier day not being appointed by Welsh Ministers), see s. 46(4)(5)(6)(c)