Part 1Public health responsibilities
Co-operation and planning
I16Duty of health boards and local authorities to co-operate
1
In exercising the functions conferred on them by virtue of this Act, each—
a
health board; and
b
local authority,
must co-operate with any relevant person that appears to the board or, as the case may be, authority to have an interest in or a function relating to the protection of public health.
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In subsection (1), a “relevant person” is—
a
a health board;
b
a special health board;
c
a local authority;
F2ca
an integration joint board established under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014;
d
the common services agency;
F1da
Healthcare Improvement Scotland;
e
the Scottish Ministers.
3
Subsection (1) is without prejudice to section 13 of the 1978 Act (duty of health boards and local authorities to co-operate to secure and advance the health of the people of Scotland).
I27Joint public health protection plans
1
Each health board must prepare such plans relating to the protection of public health in its area as the board considers appropriate.
2
In preparing a plan under subsection (1), a health board must consult the relevant local authority.
3
A plan under subsection (1) must—
a
be prepared in accordance with any guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers; and
b
include provision about such matters as may be specified in such guidance.
4
A board may comply with subsection (1) by incorporating the plan in any other plan the board is required or has power to prepare under any other enactment.
5
A board which prepares a plan under subsection (1) must publish the plan (whether as part of another plan in which it is incorporated or otherwise).
6
The board—
a
may from time to time vary a plan under subsection (1); and
b
must publish the plan as so varied.
7
The board must, before varying a plan under subsection (6)(a), consult the relevant local authority.
8
In this section, the “relevant local authority”—
a
is the local authority for the area in relation to which a board is constituted; or
b
where the area of the board comprises or includes the areas of two or more local authorities, is both or all of those authorities.