PART 7MERGERS AND RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS
CHAPTER 2RESTRUCTURING OF PRINCIPAL AREAS
Facilitating restructuring
I1135Duties of restructuring councils to facilitate transfer
1
A restructuring council must, for the purposes of the restructuring, co-operate with the Welsh Ministers, the other restructuring council or councils and any other person exercising functions in relation to the restructuring.
2
A restructuring council whose area is to be abolished must take all reasonable steps to—
a
facilitate the economic, effective and efficient transfer of its functions, staff, property, rights and liabilities to the other restructuring councils and any new principal councils, and
b
ensure that the other restructuring councils and any new principal councils, and their staff, are in a position to perform their functions effectively.
3
A restructuring council other than one whose area is to be abolished must take all reasonable steps to—
a
facilitate the economic, effective and efficient transfer to it of the functions, staff, property, rights and liabilities of the council under consideration, and
b
ensure that it and its staff are in a position to perform their functions effectively.
4
The Welsh Ministers may direct a restructuring council to take, or not to take, any action the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate for the purpose of discharging the council's duty under this section.