SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12U.K. Minor and consequential amendments

The Local Government Act 1974 (c.7)U.K.

17(1)Section 33 (consultation with other Commissioners) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1) (duty to consult), before “or” at the end of paragraph (a) insert—

(aa)by the Welsh Administration Ombudsman, in accordance with the Government of Wales Act 1998,, and, in the words following paragraph (b), after “Commissioner” insert “ or the Ombudsman ” and after “under the Act of 1967” insert “ , under the Government of Wales Act 1998 ”.

(3)In subsection (2) (matters which may be covered by consultation)—

(a)after “the Parliamentary Commissioner” insert “ , the Welsh Administration Ombudsman ”, and

(b)after “that Commissioner” insert “ or the Ombudsman ”.

(4)In subsection (5) (confidentiality)—

(a)after “Act of 1993,” insert “ in paragraph 25(1) of Schedule 9 to the Government of Wales Act 1998 ”, and

(b)omit “by any of the Commissioners mentioned in this section, or by any of their officers,”.