Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013

[F149FPublication of, and consultation on, representationsE+W

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(1)At the end of the first period for representations the Commission must publish a document setting out any representations received during that period (including any representations on the initial report made by the Welsh Language Commissioner when consulted under section 49E(3)).

(2)The Commission must also—

(a)inform any person it considers appropriate of how to access the document published under subsection (1),

(b)invite representations in respect of the representations set out in the document published under subsection (1),

(c)notify any person it considers appropriate of the second period for representations, and

(d)publish information about the times and places at which public hearings under section 49G will be held and, where hearings are to be held partly in person and partly through the use of remote facilities, specify instructions on how to make representations using remote facilities.

(3)The second period for representations is a period of six weeks, beginning with the date on which the document is published under subsection (1).

(4)In subsection (2)(d), “remote facilities” means any equipment or other facility that enables people who are not in the place where the hearing is being held to make representations at the hearing.]

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