Section 36A Names of electoral wardsF1
Subsection (2) applies to a review report under this Part so far as it relates to—
an electoral ward that has different names (in any respect) for the purposes of identifying the ward in communication through Welsh and English;
a proposal for an electoral ward to have different names in any respect for the purposes of identifying the ward in communication through Welsh and English.
The Commission or the principal council (as the case may be) must specify both names or proposed names for the electoral ward in each language version of a report under section 35(2), 36(3) or 36(4).
Before making a report under section 35(2), 36(3) or 36(4), the Commission or a principal council (as the case may be) must have regard, in particular, to any representations received from the Welsh Language Commissioner on the orthography of the name or proposed name of an electoral ward to which the report relates.
In this section “each language version means the Welsh version and the English version.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 36A inserted (9.11.2024) by Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 5), ss. 44(2), 72(2)(a) (with s. 55)
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Short Title substituted (25.6.2024) by virtue of Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Act 2024 (asc 4), ss. 11(1), 25(1)(a)