Legislation – Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021
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PART 7MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS
CHAPTER 5SUPPLEMENTARY
149Terms used in this Part
In this Part (including Schedule 1)—
“abolition request” (“cais i ddiddymu”) has the meaning given in section 130(1);
“council under consideration” (“cyngor sydd o dan ystyriaeth”) has the meaning given by section 129(4)(a);
“documents” (“dogfennau”) includes information recorded in any form (other than in section 148);
“form of executive” (“ffurf y weithrediaeth”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 11 of the 2000 Act;
“merger application” (“cais i uno”) has the meaning given in section 121(1);
“merger regulations” (“rheoliadau uno”) has the meaning given in section 124(2);
“merging council” (“cyngor sy’n uno”) means a principal council that has made a merger application and whose area is to be merged into a new principal area;
“principal area” (“prif ardal”) means—
(a)
a county in Wales;
(b)
a county borough (in Wales);
“restructuring council” (“cyngor sy’n cael ei ailstrwythuro”) means a principal council that has been given notice as described in section 129(6) of the Welsh Ministers’ proposals to make restructuring regulations in relation to it;
“restructuring regulations” (“rheoliadau ailstrwythuro”) has the meaning given in section 131;
“shadow council” (“cyngor cysgodol”) (including “elected shadow council” and “designated shadow council”) means a council established as a shadow council in accordance with provision included in—
(a)
merger regulations under section 125;
(b)
restructuring regulations under section 133;
“transfer date” (“dyddiad trosglwyddo”)—
(a)
in relation to merger regulations, has the meaning given in section 124(1);
(b)
in relation to restructuring regulations, has the meaning given in section 131.