26.—(1) Each local authority must provide the following information to the Welsh Ministers in writing—
(a)the number of licences in force in its area on each reference date, and
(b)the average level of fees it has charged for licences it has granted or renewed in each reference period.
(2) Each local authority must provide the information to the Welsh Ministers—
(a)in electronic form, or secure that it is accessible to the Welsh Ministers in electronic form, and
(b)no later than the next 31 May following the relevant reference date.
(3) In this regulation—
“reference date” (“dyddiad cyfeirio”) means 31 March;
“reference period” (“cyfnod cyfeirio”) means the period beginning with 10 September 2021 and ending with 31 March 2022 and each subsequent period of 12 months beginning with the 1 April.