Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

75 Duty to maintain register of special procedure licences and approved premises and vehicles

(1) A local authority must maintain and publish a register of—

(a) the special procedure licences issued by it that have not yet ceased to have effect, and

(b) the premises and vehicles currently approved by it under section 70.

(2) Each entry in the register in respect of a licence must record—

(a) the name of the licence holder;

(b) the date on which the licence was issued;

(c) the procedure the performance of which is authorised by the licence;

(d) the licence period;

(e) in the case of a licence authorising the performance of a procedure at premises within section 59(3), the address of the premises at which the performance of the procedure is authorised;

(f) in the case of a licence authorising the performance of a procedure in a vehicle within section 59(3) that has a registration number, the registration number of the vehicle;

(g) in the case of a licence authorising the performance of a procedure in a vehicle within section 59(3) that does not have a registration number, whatever identifying details of the vehicle the authority considers appropriate.

(3) Each entry in the register in respect of approved premises or a vehicle must record—

(a) the name of the person on whose application the approval was granted;

(b) in the case of an entry in respect of premises, the address of the premises;

(c) in the case of an entry in respect of a vehicle that has a registration number, the registration number of the vehicle;

(d) in the case of an entry in respect of a vehicle that does not have a registration number, whatever identifying details of the vehicle the authority considers appropriate;

(e) the procedure in respect of which the approval applies;

(f) the date on which the approval was granted;

(g) the duration of the approval.

(4) The register may also include any other information that the authority maintaining it considers appropriate.

(5) The Welsh Ministers may arrange for the duties imposed on local authorities by this section to be discharged by means of a central register kept by a local authority appointed pursuant to the arrangements.

(6) The Welsh Ministers may require local authorities to participate in and contribute towards the cost of any arrangements made under subsection (5).

(7) The requirements that may be imposed on an authority under subsection (6) may include (among other things) a requirement to share information with the authority appointed to keep the central register.

(8) For the purposes of this section, a “central register” is a register covering the areas of each local authority.