SCHEDULE 3PUBLIC SERVICES BOARDS: FURTHER PROVISION

Sub-groups and delegation

6(1)A sub-group of a public services board—

(a)must include at least one member of the board, and

(b)may include any invited participant or other partner.

(2)A sub-group may exercise such of a board’s functions as the board authorises in its terms of reference.

(3)But those terms of reference may not authorise a sub-group—

(a)to invite persons to participate under section 30;

(b)to set, review or revise the board’s local objectives;

(c)to prepare or publish an assessment of well-being under section 37;

(d)to consult under section 38 or to prepare a draft of an assessment under section 37 for the purposes of consulting;

(e)to prepare or publish a local well-being plan;

(f)to consult under section 43 or to prepare a draft of a local well-being plan for the purposes of consulting;

(g)to review or amend a local well-being plan or to publish an amended local well-being plan;

(h)to consult under section 44;

(i)to agree that the board—

(i)merges with another public services board under section 47(1), or

(ii)collaborates with another board under section 48(1).