The Health, Social Care and Well-being Strategies (Wales) Regulations 2003

Integration and consideration of other prescribed strategies or plans into health, social care and well-being strategies

7.—(1) The plans to which this regulation refers are —

(a) a children’s services plan under paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 of the Children Act 1989(1);

(b) a plan for the provision of community care services under section 46 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990(2);and

(c) a plan for improving health under section 28 of the Health Act 1999(3);

(2) In formulating and implementing their strategy, the responsible bodies shall have regard to and shall co-ordinate and integrate the plans listed in paragraph (1) above into their strategy and shall publish them as part of their strategy.

(3) The responsible bodies shall co-ordinate and integrate the performance of their obligations under the provisions listed in paragraph (1) above with the performance of their obligations in relation to their strategy.

(4) Local authorities in Wales shall carry out their obligations under the provisions referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b) as part of their duty to prepare a strategy and shall in particular perform their duty to prepare and publish a plan under those provisions by preparing it and publishing it as part of a strategy.

(5) Local Health Boards shall carry out their obligations under s.28 of the Health Act 1999(4) as part of their duty to prepare a strategy and shall in particular perform their duty to prepare and publish a plan under that section by preparing it and publishing it as part of a strategy.

(6) The amendments specified in the Schedule to these Regulations are to have effect.

(1)

1989 c. 41. Functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999 No.672).

(2)

1990 c. 19. Functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999 No.672).

(3)

1999 c. 8. Functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999 No.672), as amended by section 66(4) and (5) of the Health Act 1999.

(4)

Functions of a Health Authority under s.28 of the 1999 Act are now exercisable by Local Health Boards by virtue of the Health Authorities (Transfer of Functions, Staff, Property, Rights and Liabilities and Abolition) (Wales) Order 2003, abolishing Health Authorities and transferring their functions to the Assembly) and the Local Health Boards (Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/148(W.18), transferring functions of former Health Authorities from the Assembly to Local Health Boards).