PART 8SOCIAL SERVICES FUNCTIONS
Intervention by central government
I1151Warning notice
1
The Welsh Ministers may give a warning notice to a local authority if they are satisfied that one or more of grounds 1 to 3 exist in relation to the local authority.
2
The Welsh Ministers must specify each of the following in the warning notice—
a
the grounds for intervention;
b
the reasons why they are satisfied that the grounds exist;
c
the action they require the local authority to take in order to deal with the grounds for intervention;
d
the period within which the action is to be taken by the local authority (“the compliance period”);
e
the action they are minded to take if the local authority fails to take the required action.
3
Where the Welsh Ministers give a warning notice under subsection (1), they must—
a
within 21 days of the giving of the notice, lay a copy of the notice before the National Assembly for Wales, and
b
within 90 days of the giving of the notice, report to the National Assembly for Wales on the action taken by the local authority in response to the warning notice.