Section 52L | Nomination. ^F1

(1)This section applies if the Welsh Ministers nominate an authority under section 52D(2)(b) above.^F2

(2)They shall notify the authority in writing of—^F3

(a)the nomination;

(b)the set of principles determined for the authority under section 52B above;

(c)the category in which the authority falls (if they determine categories under section 52B above);^F4

(d)the amount which they would have proposed as the target amount for the year under consideration if they had designated the authority as regards that year under section 52D(2)(a) above.^F5

(3)A nomination under section 52D(2)(b) above —

(a)is invalid unless subsection (2) above is complied with;

(b)shall be treated as made at the beginning of the day on which the authority receives a notification under that subsection.

(4)After nominating all the authorities they intend to nominate the Welsh Ministers —^F6F7

(a)shall decide, in the case of each authority nominated, whether to proceed under section 52M or under section 52N below in relation to it;

(b)may decide to proceed under different sections in relation to different authorities.