Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011

Overview and scrutiny committee structureW

79Guidance and directionsW

(1)The Welsh Ministers may give a local authority—

(a)guidance about the authority's overview and scrutiny committee structure, or

(b)directions about the authority's overview and scrutiny committee structure.

(2)A local authority must have regard to guidance given by the Welsh Ministers under this section.

(3)A local authority must comply with directions given by the Welsh Ministers under this section.

(4)In this section, references to a local authority's overview and scrutiny committee structure include (but are not limited to) references to the following things—

(a)the number of overview and scrutiny committees which the authority has;

(b)the number of sub-committees (if any) which overview and scrutiny committees of the authority have;

(c)the functions of overview and scrutiny committees of the authority;

(d)the functions of sub-committees of overview and scrutiny committees of the authority.