http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2021/1

PART 7MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS

CHAPTER 3FUNCTIONS RELATING TO MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING

140Requirement on principal councils to provide information etc. to the Welsh Ministers

(1)

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

(a)

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,

(b)

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

(c)

otherwise in connection with such a transfer.

(2)

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).