8(1)This paragraph applies if the Commission submit to the Secretary of State—U.K.
(a)a report under subsection (1) of section 3 of the 1986 Act recommending alterations in parliamentary constituencies in Wales, or
(b)a report under subsection (3) of that section relating to any constituency or constituencies in Wales.
(2)The report must show any alteration—
(a)in the Assembly electoral regions, or
(b)in the allocation of seats to the Assembly electoral regions,
which the Commission recommend in order to give effect to the rules set out in paragraph 9.
(3)If in the opinion of the Commission no alteration is required for that purpose, they must state that in the report.
(4)If the report recommends any alteration in any Assembly electoral regions, it must state the name (in English and in Welsh) by which the Commission recommend that the Assembly electoral regions (as proposed to be altered) should be known.
(5)The Commission must lay a copy of the report before the Assembly.
Commencement Information
I1This provision in force immediately after "the 2007 election" by s. 161(1) (subject to s. 161(4)(5))