Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010

5 Strategies prepared by other Welsh authorities

(1) In this section a reference to a “Welsh authority” does not include—

(a) the Welsh Ministers;

(b) a local authority.

(2) Subsection (3) applies to the strategy of a Welsh authority under section 2.

(3) Regulations may make provision as to—

(a) the period to which a strategy is to relate;

(b) when and how a strategy must be published;

(c) keeping a strategy under review;

(d) consultation to be carried out before a strategy is published.

(4) Subsection (5) applies to a Welsh authority if both of the following paragraphs apply—

(a) the Welsh authority exercises functions in relation to one or more local authority areas;

(b) the Welsh authority has entered into an arrangement under section 25 of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) with each of those local authorities.

(5) The duty of a Welsh authority under section 2(1) to publish a strategy is discharged if the strategy is an integral part of a plan published under section 26 of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) by each local authority with which it has entered into an arrangement under section 25 of that Act.