The Community Health Councils (Establishment, Transfer of Functions and Abolition) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Community Health Councils (Establishment, Transfer of Functions and Abolition) (Wales) Order 2010 (“the principal Order”).

Article 3 inserts article 3A into the principal Order to provide for the establishment of Powys Community Health Council.

Article 4 amends article 4 of the principal Order to refer to Schedule 1A which sets out the area of Powys Community Health Council.

Article 5 inserts article 5A into the principal Order which sets out the functions of Powys Community Health Council.

Article 6 inserts article 6A into the principal Order which provides for the transfer of the functions, rights and liabilities of Brecknock and Radnor Community Health Council and Montgomeryshire Community Health Council to Powys Community Health Council.

Article 7 inserts article 7A into the principal Order which requires Powys Community Health Council to take such action as may be necessary to ensure that reports and accounts of Brecknock and Radnor Community Health Council and Montgomeryshire Community Health Council for the period from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 are furnished.

Article 8 inserts article 8A into the principal Order which provides for the continuity, by Powys Community Health Council, of the functions of Brecknock and Radnor Community Health Council and Montgomeryshire Community Health Council.

Article 9 inserts article 9A into the principal Order which abolishes Brecknock and Radnor Community Health Council and Montgomeryshire Community Health Council.

Articles 10, 11 and 13 omit articles 10 and 11 of, and Schedule 3 to the principal Order.

Article 12 inserts Schedule 1A into the principal Order.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order. A copy can be obtained at the Department of Health and Social Services, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ.