PART 1

LOCAL GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT

Improvement audits and assessments

Response to section 19 reports
20
1
The following subsections apply where any report received by a Welsh improvement authority under section 19(2)—
a
contains a recommendation under section 19(1)(f) or (g); or
b
states under section 19(1)(h) that the Auditor General for Wales is minded to carry out a special inspection.
2
The authority must prepare a statement of—
a
any action which it proposes to take as a result of the report; and
b
its proposed timetable for taking that action.
3
A statement required by subsection (2) must be prepared—
a
before the end of the period of 30 working days starting with the day on which the authority receives the report; or
b
if the report specifies a shorter period starting with that day, before the end of that period.
4
The authority must incorporate the statement in its improvement plan for the next financial year.
5
If the report recommends that the Welsh Ministers give a direction under section 29, the authority must send a copy of the statement to the Welsh Ministers—
a
before the end of the period of 30 working days starting with the day on which the authority receives the report; or
b
if the report specifies a shorter period starting with that day, before the end of that period.
6
For the purposes of this section a working day is a day other than—
a
a Saturday or Sunday;
b
Christmas Day or Good Friday; or
c
a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England and Wales.
S. 20 in force at 1.4.2010 by S.I. 2009/3272, art. 3(1), Sch. 2