Section 50 Directions to pause reviewsI1

in subsection (2), after paragraph (e) insert—

“(f)

to pause a review it conducts under this Part for a period specified in the direction or until a further direction is given.”;

in subsection (5), after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)

to pause a review it conducts under this Part for a period specified in the direction or until a further direction is given.”;

after subsection (9), insert—

“(10)

The Welsh Ministers must not use the powers of direction under this Act to pause a review for more than 9 months, whether the pause is one period of 9 months or more than one period totalling 9 months.

(11)

Any period during which the Commission or a principal council is directed under this Act to pause a review is not to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the length of the periods mentioned in subsections (2) to (5) of section 36B.”