# Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024, Section 48: Deadline for completion of reviews

Extent: E+W

(1) The 2013 Act is amended as follows.
(2) After section 36A (proposals for names of electoral wards: review reports) (inserted by section 44) insert—
“Deadline for completion of reviews
36B (1) Before conducting a review under this Part, the Commission or, as the case may be, a principal council must publish a statement specifying the day on which the review begins.
(2) The Commission must, in relation to a review it conducts under section 23, 27 or 29, use its best endeavours to publish its further report on the review in accordance with section 36(5)(b) before the end of a period of 12 months beginning with the day specified under subsection (1).
(3) The Commission must, in relation to a review it conducts under section 28, use its best endeavours to publish its further report on the review in accordance with section 36(5)(b) before the end of a period of 18 months beginning with the day specified under subsection (1).
(4) The Commission must, in relation to a review it conducts under section 2‍6 or 32, use its best endeavours to publish its further report on the review in accordance with section 36(5)(b) before the end of a period of 24 months beginning with the day specified under subsection (1).
(5) A principal council must, in relation to a review it conducts under section 25 or 31, use its best endeavours to publish its further report on the review in accordance with section 36(5)(b) before the end of a period of 24 months beginning with the day specified under subsection (1).
(6) If a reviewing body fails to comply with a duty imposed by this section in relation to a review, the body’s failure to comply does not affect the validity of the review for the purposes of this Act.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/5/section/48 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024/section-48
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