Commentary on Sections Part 1 – Strengthening local democracy Section 9 – Democratic services functions
25.Sets out the functions that the Head of Democratic Services is charged with, which include:-
26.Other functions of the HDS may be prescribed in regulation by the Welsh Ministers; such subordinate legislation to follow the affirmative procedure. “Advice” in (a) and (b) above does not include advice about whether or how the authority’s function should be, or should have been, exercised. Nothing in this section affects the duty of the authority’s head of paid service.