Commentary on Sections Part 1 – Strengthening local democracy Section 2 – Completion of a survey and publication of information
10.Requires local authorities to complete the survey and to have provided the collated information to the Welsh Ministers within six months of the date of the elections to which the survey relates. The local authorities may publish the information they have collated.
11.The Welsh Ministers must collate the information received and publish it within twelve months of the date of the elections to which the survey relates. The Welsh Ministers may share the information as received from the local authorities (i.e. before any further collation by the Welsh Ministers) with any representative body of local government in Wales.
12.In publishing or sharing any survey information, the Welsh Ministers and a local authority must ensure that no survey contributors are named or could be identified in any way.