Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013, Section 36A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)Subsection (2) applies to a review report under this Part so far as it relates to—
(a)an electoral ward that has different names (in any respect) for the purposes of identifying the ward in communication through Welsh and English;
(b)a proposal for an electoral ward to have different names in any respect for the purposes of identifying the ward in communication through Welsh and English.
(2)The Commission or the principal council (as the case may be) must specify both names or proposed names for the electoral ward in each language version of a report under section 35(2), 36(3) or 36(4).
(3)Before making a report under section 35(2), 36(3) or 36(4), the Commission or a principal council (as the case may be) must have regard, in particular, to any representations received from the Welsh Language Commissioner on the orthography of the name or proposed name of an electoral ward to which the report relates.
(4)In this section “each language version means the Welsh version and the English version.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 36A inserted (9.11.2024) by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5), ss. 44(2), 72(2)(a) (with s. 55)
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