(1)Before publishing its annual sufficiency plan, a local authority must—
(a)prepare a draft of the plan, and
(b)submit the draft to the Welsh Ministers for their approval.
(2)The first draft plan must be submitted to the Welsh Ministers no later than 4 months before the beginning of the financial year to which it relates.
(3)Subsequent draft plans must be submitted to the Welsh Ministers no later than 2 months before the beginning of the financial year to which they relate.
(4)Where the Welsh Ministers approve a draft of an annual sufficiency plan they must notify the local authority of their decision.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 75A-75C inserted (1.1.2026 for specified purposes) by Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 1), ss. 11, 29(2); S.I. 2025/1257, art. 2(1)(e)