Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (asc1)

PART 7 E+W MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS

CHAPTER 1 E+W VOLUNTARY MERGERS OF PRINCIPAL AREAS

Applications for mergers E+W

123 Guidance about merger applications E+W

(1) Principal councils must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers about the making of a merger application.

(2) The requirement in subsection (1) may be satisfied by having regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers before the coming into force of this section, and which was issued expressly for the purpose of this section.