Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 Explanatory Notes

1. Introduction

2. General Overview of the Act

   1. Part 1 – Introduction

   2. Part 2 – Improving well-being

   3. Part 3 – The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

   4. Part 4 – Public Services Boards

   5. Part 5 – Final provisions

3. Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 2 – Sustainable development.

   2. Section 3 – Well-being duty on public bodies

   3. Section 4 - Well-being goals

   4. Section 5 – The sustainable development principle

   5. Section 6 – Meaning of “public body”

   6. Section 7 – Statements about well-being objectives

   7. Sections 8 and 9 – The Welsh Ministers’ well-being objectives and other public bodies’ well-being objectives

   8. Section 10 - National indicators and annual well-being report

   9. Section 11 - Future trends report

   10. Sections 12 and 13 – Annual reports by the Welsh Ministers and other public bodies

   11. Schedule 1 – Annual Reports by other public bodies

   12. Section 14 – Guidance

   13. Section 15 – The sustainable development principle: Auditor General’s examination

   14. Section 16 – Promotion of sustainable development

   15. Section 17 – Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

   16. Schedule 2 – The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

   17. Sections 18 and 19 – Commissioner’s general duty and functions

   18. Sections 20 to 22 – Reviews by the Commissioner, recommendations made and the duty to follow recommendations

   19. Sections 23 and24– Future Generations report and activity during the reporting period

   20. Section 25 – Joint working

   21. Sections 26, 27 and 28 – The advisory panel, appointed members and payment of panel members expenses

   22. Section 29 – Public services boards

   23. Sections 30 and 31 – Invitations to participate

   24. Section 32 – Other partners

   25. Section 33 – Changes in participation

   26. Section 34 – Meetings and terms of reference

   27. Schedule 3 – Public services boards: further provisions

   28. Section 35 – Overview and scrutiny committee of local authority

   29. Section 36 – Well-being duty on public services boards

   30. Sections 37 and 38– Assessments of local well-being

   31. Sections 39 – Local well-being plans

   32. Section 40 – Local well-being plans: role of community councils

   33. Sections 41, 42 and 43 – Preparation of local well-being plans: information about activities of others, Commissioner’s advice and further consultation and approval

   34. Section 44 – Review of local well-being plans

   35. Section 45 – Annual progress reports

   36. Section 46 – Modification of enactments

   37. Schedule 4 – Public services boards: consequential amendments and repeals

   38. Section 47 – Merging public services boards

   39. Section 48 – Collaboration between public services boards

   40. Section 49 – Directions to merge or collaborate

   41. Section 50 – Performance indicators and standards

   42. Section 51 – Guidance

   43. Section 52 – Meaning of “public body”: further provision

   44. Section 53 – Power to make consequential etc. provision

   45. Section 54 – Regulations

   46. Section 56 – Commencement

4. Record of Proceedings in National Assembly for Wales