124.Section 50 amends section 48 of the 2013 Act to enable the Welsh Ministers to issue a direction to pause a review being conducted under Part 3 of the 2013 Act. The Welsh Ministers must not use this power to pause a review for a period greater than 9 months in total. When a review is paused, the period of the pause is not to be taken into account for the purpose of calculating the length of periods under section 36B(2) to (5).
Commentary on Sections Part 2 Elected Bodies and Their Members Chapter 1: Arrangements for Local Government Section 50 – Directions to pause reviews