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Local Government (Wales) Act 2015

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42Survey of councillors and unsuccessful candidates for election as councillors

(1)Section 1 of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (duty to conduct survey of councillors and unsuccessful candidates for election as councillors) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (2) (local authority to conduct survey after each ordinary election), for “after” substitute “, or arrange for the conduct of a survey, in relation to”.

(3)After subsection (3) insert—

(3A)A survey in the case of an ordinary election may be conducted—

(a)entirely after the ordinary election, or

(b)by asking the candidates for election to the office of councillor to answer the prescribed questions before the ordinary election and collating the information provided afterwards.

(4)In subsection (5) (no duty to provide information) for “a councillor or an unsuccessful candidate for election to the office of councillor” substitute “any individual”.

(5)Omit subsection (6) (local authority to arrange for information to be provided anonymously).

43Proposals submitted before commencement of Part 3 of Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013

In section 74(2) of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (reviews under Part 4 of Local Government Act 1972 ongoing at commencement of Part 3 of Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013), insert at the end “and for the purposes of proposals submitted to the Welsh Ministers before that time.”

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