211.Section 39 places a duty on the Welsh Ministers to carry out a review of the operation and effect of the changes made by the Act to the 2014 Act, the 1996 Act and the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.
212.Section 39(2) requires the Welsh Ministers to consult with such public or local authorities, voluntary organisations, people who are or who have been homeless or threatened with homelessness in Wales or other persons as they consider appropriate in carrying out the review.
213.Section 39(3) requires the Welsh Ministers to publish a report on the operation and effect of section 94A of the 2014 Act (duty of a specified person to ask and act). A copy of that report must be laid before Senedd Cymru within two years of the day on which the ‘ask and act’ duty comes fully into force.
214.Section 39(4) requires the Welsh Ministers to publish the report of their review of the operation and effect of the other changes made by this Act and lay that report before Senedd Cymru within four years of the day on which this Act as a whole comes fully into force.
215.Section 39(5) enables the Welsh Ministers to review the operation and effect of a change made by the Act at a time when they consider the provision that makes the change to be substantially in force.
Commentary on Sections Part 3 - Miscellaneous and General Section 39: Review of the operation and effect of changes made by this Act