Commentary on Sections Section 151 – Warning notice
401.Section 151 permits the Welsh Ministers to give a warning notice to a local authority if they are satisfied any of the grounds in section 150 exist. Subsection (2) requires the notice to specify the grounds for intervention, the reasons why the Welsh Ministers consider the grounds to exist, the action the local authority must take to deal with the grounds, the period within which the action must be taken and the action the Welsh Ministers will be minded to take if the local authority does not take the required action. Subsection (3) contains requirements for the Welsh Ministers to notify the National Assembly for Wales of the actions they have taken under this provision.