PART 2STANDARDS

CHAPTER 2INTERVENTION IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES

Supplementary

29Directions

1

A local authority, or an officer of an authority, subject to a direction or instruction under this Chapter must comply with it.

2

This includes a direction or an instruction to exercise a power or duty that is contingent upon the opinion of the local authority or an officer of the authority.

3

A direction under this Chapter—

a

must be in writing;

b

may be varied or revoked by a later direction;

c

is enforceable by mandatory order on application by, or on behalf of, the Welsh Ministers.