Local authority power to trade
Q1. Are the draft regulations clear?
Q2. Do the requirements in the draft regulations, in respect of the business case, cover the right things? Are there any other matters the business case should be required to capture?
Q3. Should the regulations specify who should approve the business case? If so, who should?
Q4. What are your views on the proposed application of the draft regulations to eligible community councils?
Q5. Do you agree that community councils who are eligible to exercise the general power of competence should also be authorised to trade in their ordinary functions. If not, why not?
Q6. Do you agree that principal councils and eligible community councils should be subject to the same conditions when trading in their ordinary functions and exercising the general power for a commercial purpose?
Q7. Are there any consequences we’ve not considered of subjecting FRAs and NPAs to the updated conditions set out in the draft regulations when they’re exercising their power to trade in their ordinary functions?
Q8. In order to refine the Regulatory Impact Assessment, the Welsh Government would welcome views on the estimated costs to authorities of preparing a business case. An estimation of any costs which may result from the requirement to recover costs from the company would also be welcomed?
Q9. We would like to know your views on the effects that the draft regulations or the proposal in respect of the revised trading order would have on the Welsh language, specifically on opportunities for people to use Welsh and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than English.
What effects do you think there would be? How could positive effects be increased, or negative effects be mitigated?
Q10. Please also explain how you believe the proposed draft regulations or the proposal in respect of the revised trading order could be formulated or changed so as to have positive effects or increased positive effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language, and no adverse effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language.
Q11. We have asked a number of specific questions. If you have any related issues which we have not specifically addressed, please use this space to report them.