PART 3ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 5IMPLEMENTATION FOLLOWING REVIEW

Non-ministerial implementation

38Implementation of community boundary change

1

The Commission may, after receiving a report containing recommendations for change from a principal council in relation to a review conducted under section 25—

a

by order implement the recommendations without modification,

b

by order implement the recommendations with such modification as may be agreed with the principal council, or

c

in the circumstances described in section 26(2)(b)(ii) or (iii), conduct its own review.

2

No order may be made under subsection (1) until the expiry of a period of 6 weeks beginning with the date on which the Commission receives the principal council's recommendations.

3

An order under subsection (1) which contains changes to the electoral arrangements of a principal area may be made only with the consent of the Welsh Ministers.

4

The principal council which made the recommendations must provide the Commission with such further information in relation to the recommendations or the procedure followed as it may reasonably require.