PART 5COLLABORATIVE WORKING BY PRINCIPAL COUNCILS
CHAPTER 3ESTABLISHING CORPORATE JOINT COMMITTEES where request has been made
Applications to establish a corporate joint committee
70Application by principal councils to establish a corporate joint committee
1
Any two or more principal councils may jointly make an application (a “joint committee application”) to the Welsh Ministers, asking them to consider making regulations under section 72 establishing a corporate joint committee to exercise—
a
a function of those councils;
b
the economic well-being function,
in relation to the principal areas of those councils.
2
If, following receipt of a joint committee application, the Welsh Ministers decide not to make regulations under section 72, they must notify the principal councils that made the application.