PART 7MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS

CHAPTER 3FUNCTIONS RELATING TO MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING

I1I2140Requirement on principal councils to provide information etc. to the Welsh Ministers

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The Welsh Ministers may direct a principal council (“council A”) to provide them with any information or documents they consider appropriate—

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for the purposes of considering whether to transfer the functions of council A to another principal council (“council B”) or to a new principal council,

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for the purposes of giving effect to such a transfer, or

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otherwise in connection with such a transfer.

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The Welsh Ministers may also direct council B to provide the Welsh Ministers with any information or documents which they consider appropriate as mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c).