# Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024, Section 50: Directions to pause reviews

Extent: E+W

(1) The 2013 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In section 48 (directions and guidance relating to Part 3)—
(a) 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.”;
(b) 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.”;
(c) 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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2024/5/section/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/elections-and-elected-bodies-wales-act-2024/section-50
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