The Local Authorities (Referendums) (Petitions and Directions) (Wales) Regulations 2001
Under Part II of the Local Government Act 2000 (“the Act”), every county and county borough council in Wales (“authority”) is able to make arrangements for the discharge of its functions by executives, which must take one of the forms specified in section 11(2) to (4) of the Act or in regulations under section 11(5).