Section 143 Reports of Commission relating to shadow councils and new principal councilsF16I1I2I3

This section applies where F1Part 5A of the 2013 Act applies in the case of a council by virtue of a direction under section 142.

The first report under F2Part 5A of the 2013 Act that relates (wholly or partly) to the shadow council for the new principal area (“the first report”)—

F4Section 69I(2)(b) of the 2013 Act (time limit on publication) does not apply in relation to the first report if it is a supplementary report.

Where any annual report or supplementary report relates (wholly or partly) to—

the F5Commission must take the step set out in subsection (5).

The F6Commission must, before publishing the report under F7section 69E of the 2013 Act, send a draft of the report to the following (if the Commission is not already required to do so under F8section 69G(1)(a) of the 2013 Act)—

A supplementary report may impose on the merging councils or restructuring councils whose areas are to be merged to create the new principal area, or on the shadow council—

Where a supplementary report relates (wholly or partly) to the shadow council, F11section 69J(2) of the 2013 Act applies in relation to that report (to the extent that it requires a payment to be made to or by the shadow council) as it applies in relation to an annual report.

The references in F12sections 69L, 69N and 69P of the 2013 Act to requirements imposed by an annual report include a reference to requirements imposed by a supplementary report by virtue of this section.

An annual or supplementary report must specify in relation to the council for the new principal area (whether it is a shadow council or a principal council at the time of publication) the information mentioned in F13section 69E(4) of the 2013 Act.

The matters required by virtue of this section and section 142 to be included in a report of the F14Commission in relation to the financial year in which the transfer date falls must be included in the annual report for that financial year.

But, if the F15Commission considers it appropriate to do so, it may at any time before the transfer date publish a supplementary report in relation to so much of that first financial year as falls on or after that date.