Section 2 - Minor and consequential amendments
29.This section introduces the minor and consequential amendments set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act which make changes to the 2013 Act relating to Chapter 1 of the Act.
30.Paragraph 1(4) substitutes section 14(1) of the 2013 Act, which deals with directions given to the Commission by the Welsh Ministers, with new subsections (1A), (1B) and (1C).
31.Subsection (1A) allows the Welsh Ministers to issue directions to the Commission in relation to the Commission’s functions, apart from in relation to its functions under Part 2A of the 2013 Act relating to the co-ordination of electoral administration, or its functions under Part 3A of the 2013 Act relating to Senedd constituency boundaries.
32.Subsection (1B) sets out that the Commission must comply with a direction given to it by the Welsh Ministers under the 2013 Act, and subsection (1C) requires the Welsh Ministers to publish each direction they give to the Commission or a principal council under the 2013 Act (a “principal council” is the council of a county or county borough in Wales).
