(1)The Welsh Ministers may direct the Welsh Commission to undertake a review of the electoral arrangements for a new local government area.
(2)The Welsh Commission may in consequence of such a review make proposals to the Welsh Ministers for effecting changes to the electoral arrangements as appear to the Welsh Commission to be desirable in the interests of effective and convenient local government.
(3)In considering the electoral arrangements for a new local government area for the purposes of this section, the Welsh Commission shall so far as reasonably practicable comply with the rules set out in Schedule 11 to the Local Government Act 1972.
(4)For the purposes of this section “electoral arrangements” has the same meaning as in section 78 of the Local Government Act 1972.'.