SCHEDULE 12 Restraints on Transactions and Recruitment etc by Merging Councils and Restructuring Councils

SCHEDULE 12 Restraints on Transactions and Recruitment etc by Merging Councils and Restructuring Councils

(introduced by section 137)

Restraining transactions and recruitment etc by direction

1

(1)     After receiving a merger application or after giving notice as described in section 129(6), the Welsh Ministers may direct a merging council or restructuring council that—

(a)     the council must not carry out a restricted activity unless it has considered the opinion of a specified person or persons on the appropriateness of carrying out the activity;

(b)     the council must not carry out a restricted activity unless the written consent of a specified person or persons has been given for the activity to be carried out.

(2)     The restricted activities are—

(a)     making a relevant land acquisition or disposal;

(b)     entering into a relevant contract or agreement;

(c)     making a relevant capital acquisition;

(d)     giving a relevant grant or other financial assistance;

(e)     making a relevant loan;

(f)     including an amount of financial reserves in a calculation under section 32 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c 14);

(g)     starting the process of recruiting (including by way of internal recruitment)—

(i)     a non-statutory chief officer mentioned in section

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