# Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024, Section 25: Survey of councillors and unsuccessful candidates in local elections

Extent: E+W

(1) The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 4) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (duty to conduct a survey)—
(a) in subsection (1), for “regulations” substitute “a direction”;
(b) for subsection (3) substitute—
“(3) The Welsh Ministers may give a direction to local authorities that—
(a) specifies the questions that must be asked in a survey;
(b) specifies requirements about—
(i) the form of the survey;
(ii) how the survey is to be conducted;
(iii) the collation of information from the survey.”;
(c) in subsection (3A), for “answer the prescribed questions” substitute “respond to the survey”;
(d) after subsection (3A), insert—
“(3B) A local authority may include questions in a survey, or arrange for the inclusion of questions in a survey, in addition to the questions required by a direction of the Welsh Ministers under this section.”;
(e) in subsection (4), for “prescribed” substitute “specified in a direction”.
(3) In section 2 (completion of a survey and publication of information), in subsection (2), for “any prescribed form or manner” substitute “in such form or manner as the Welsh Ministers may direct”.
(4) After section 3 (guidance about surveys), insert—
“Publication of directions about surveys
3A The Welsh Ministers must publish any direction given under section 1(3) or 2(2).”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/5/section/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024/section-25
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