(1)A local authority must complete its survey and provide the information collated in it to the Welsh Ministers within six months of the date of the ordinary election to which it relates.
(2)A local authority must provide the information in any prescribed form or manner.
(3)A local authority may publish the information collated in a survey in such manner as it considers appropriate, subject to subsection (6).
(4)The Welsh Ministers must—
(a)collate the information they receive from local authorities under this section, and
(b)publish it within twelve months of the date of the ordinary election to which it relates.
(5)The Welsh Ministers may—
(a)publish information under subsection (4)(b) in such manner as they consider appropriate, subject to subsection (6);
(b)share any information provided to them under subsection (1) with any body representing the interests of county, county borough or community councils in Wales.
(6)No information received under section 1 or this section is to be published or shared in any form that, either by itself or in combination with any other information, identifies any individual to whom it relates or enables that individual to be identified.
Commencement Information
I1S. 2 in force at 31.8.2011 by S.I. 2011/2011, art. 2(a)