(1)The Welsh Ministers may give a warning notice to a local authority if they are satisfied that one or more of grounds 1 to 3 exist in relation to the local authority.
(2)The Welsh Ministers must specify each of the following in the warning notice—
(a)the grounds for intervention;
(b)the reasons why they are satisfied that the grounds exist;
(c)the action they require the local authority to take in order to deal with the grounds for intervention;
(d)the period within which the action is to be taken by the local authority (“the compliance period”);
(e)the action they are minded to take if the local authority fails to take the required action.
(3)Where the Welsh Ministers give a warning notice under subsection (1), they must—
(a)within 21 days of the giving of the notice, lay a copy of the notice before the National Assembly for Wales, and
(b)within 90 days of the giving of the notice, report to the National Assembly for Wales on the action taken by the local authority in response to the warning notice.