Restraining transactions and recruitment etc by direction
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(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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