Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011

2 Completion of a survey and publication of information W

(1) A local authority must complete its survey and provide the information collated in it to the Welsh Ministers within six months of the date of the ordinary election to which it relates.

(2) A local authority must provide the information in [F1 in such form or manner as the Welsh Ministers may direct].

(3) A local authority may publish the information collated in a survey in such manner as it considers appropriate, subject to subsection (6).

(4) The Welsh Ministers must—

(a) collate the information they receive from local authorities under this section, and

(b) publish it within twelve months of the date of the ordinary election to which it relates.

(5) The Welsh Ministers may—

(a) publish information under subsection (4)(b) in such manner as they consider appropriate, subject to subsection (6);

(b) share any information provided to them under subsection (1) with any body representing the interests of county, county borough or community councils in Wales.

(6) No information received under section 1 or this section is to be published or shared in any form that, either by itself or in combination with any other information, identifies any individual to whom it relates or enables that individual to be identified.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 2(2) substituted (9.11.2024) by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5), ss. 25(3), 72(2)(b)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 2 in force at 31.8.2011 by S.I. 2011/2011, art. 2(a)