3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) and to any directions given by the Welsh Ministers, the functions of the Welsh Ministers under paragraph 7A(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to the Act, to make arrangements with local authorities(1) and proprietors of schools which are not maintained by a local authority to weigh and measure children, are to be exercisable by Local Health Boards in relation to schools present in their area.
(2) Each Local Health Board may, as provided for under arrangements made under paragraph 7A(1) or (2) of Schedule 1 to the Act, weigh and measure children and further process resulting information for the purposes of the Child Measurement Programme for Wales where the conditions set out in regulation 5 are met.
(3) The functions in paragraphs 7A(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to the Act exercisable by a Local Health Board may, by arrangement with that board and subject to such restrictions and conditions as it may think fit, be exercised by another Local Health Board.
The term 'local authorities' in Schedule 1 of the Act was substituted for 'local education authorities' by paragraph 61 of Schedule 2 to the Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158).