SCHEDULE 1 Initial Reviews of Electoral Arrangements etc

Initial reviews

(1)     For the purposes of this Act, an “initial review” is a review conducted by the [Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru] (“the Commission”) for the purpose of recommending electoral arrangements for the area under review.

(2)     In an initial review the Commission may also recommend relevant consequential changes.

(3)     This paragraph is subject to anything specified, under section 11(3) or 138(3), in the direction requiring the Commission to conduct an initial review.

“Area under review”

(1)     In this Schedule, “area under review” is to be interpreted in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)     Where the Commission is directed under section 11 to conduct an initial review, the area under review is the area of the principal council that has exercised its power under section 8 to change the voting system that applies to the election of its councillors.

(3)     Where, after the Welsh Ministers receive a merger application, the Commission is directed under section 138 to conduct an initial review, the area under review is the new principal area that is to be, or is, constituted by merger regulations.

(4)     Where—