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Question

Reorganisation, Devolution & Election Postponement 1. Please identify the specific statutory authority or ministerial direction that makes local government reorganisation mandatory for this council. 2. Please confirm whether the decision to engage in reorganisation was taken by Full Council or Cabinet only, and provide the relevant meeting minutes and legal justification for that decision route. 3. Please provide any legal advice obtained on the lawfulness of proceeding without a binding public consultation. 4. Please provide any Equality/Human Rights Act assessments relating to governance structure changes. Additional Questions (for councils scheduled for elections in May 2025): 5. Please provide the specific statutory authority, statutory instrument, or ministerial direction under which the council’s 2025 elections were postponed. 6. Please provide the full text of any formal request made by this council for such postponement, including the date, signatories, and supporting legal advice. 7. Please provide any legal advice or statutory provision that allows councillors whose terms ended before 2 May 2025 to remain in office, receive allowances or salaries, levy taxes, or make binding decisions after that date. 8. If no such statutory authority or legal advice exists, please confirm this explicitly.

Answer

Reorganisation, Devolution & Election Postponement 1. Please identify the specific statutory authority or ministerial direction that makes local government reorganisation mandatory for this council. Merthyr Tydfil CBC is not involved in reorganisation at the moment. 2. Please confirm whether the decision to engage in reorganisation was taken by Full Council or Cabinet only, and provide the relevant meeting minutes and legal justification for that decision route? N/A 3. Please provide any legal advice obtained on the lawfulness of proceeding without a binding public consultation. N/A 4. Please provide any Equality/Human Rights Act assessments relating to governance structure changes. N/A Additional Questions (for councils scheduled for elections in May 2025): There are no local government election in 2025. The next scheduled local elections in Wales will be held in 2027 5. Please provide the specific statutory authority, statutory instrument, or ministerial direction under which the council’s 2025 elections were postponed. N/A 6. Please provide the full text of any formal request made by this council for such postponement, including the date, signatories, and supporting legal advice. N/A 7. Please provide any legal advice or statutory provision that allows councillors whose terms ended before 2 May 2025 to remain in office, receive allowances or salaries, levy taxes, or make binding decisions after that date. N/A 8. If no such statutory authority or legal advice exists, please confirm this explicitly N/A