Section 79 Guidance and directions

(1)

The Welsh Ministers may give a local authority—

(a)

guidance about the authority's overview and scrutiny committee structure, or

(b)

directions about the authority's overview and scrutiny committee structure.

(2)

A local authority must have regard to guidance given by the Welsh Ministers under this section.

(3)

A local authority must comply with directions given by the Welsh Ministers under this section.

(4)

In this section, references to a local authority's overview and scrutiny committee structure include (but are not limited to) references to the following things—

(a)

the number of overview and scrutiny committees which the authority has;

(b)

the number of sub-committees (if any) which overview and scrutiny committees of the authority have;

(c)

the functions of overview and scrutiny committees of the authority;

(d)

the functions of sub-committees of overview and scrutiny committees of the authority.