Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Integration Scheme) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014;
“additional member” means a member of an integration joint board or, as the case may be, integration joint monitoring committee who is not appointed on the nomination of a Health Board or a local authority;
“information sharing accord” means a set of principles which apply to the sharing of information between a Health Board, a local authority and, where applicable, an integration joint board for any purpose connected with the preparation of an integration scheme, the preparation of a strategic plan or the carrying out of integration functions; and
“integration model” means an integration model described in section 1(4) of the Act.
Content and effect of integration scheme
2.—(1) An integration scheme must include, in relation to each prescribed matter listed in column A of the table in the Schedule, the prescribed information set out in column B of that table, insofar as that prescribed matter is relevant to the integration model chosen by the Health Board and local authority.
(2) The prescribed information is to be agreed between the Health Board and local authority when they are preparing an integration scheme.
(3) The local authority, Health Board and the integration joint board or, as the case may be, integration joint monitoring committee established in pursuance of an integration scheme must act in accordance with the prescribed information that is set out in that scheme.
SHONA ROBISON
A Member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
27th November 2014