Commentary on Sections Part 2 Elected Bodies and Their Members Chapter 1: Arrangements for Local Government Section 47 – Electoral review recommendations and decisions: period before a local election
119.Section 47 amends section 29(8) of the 2013 Act to change the period during which the Commission must not make or publish any recommendations relating to the electoral arrangements of a county or county borough council from 9 to 12 months.
120.It also amends section 37 of the 2013 Act to prohibit the Welsh Ministers from exercising their functions under section 37(1) in the six months preceding an ordinary local government election (this is the election to all seats in all councils held once every five years).