(1)This section applies where a local authority and a Health Board are required by section 1(2) or 2(2) to prepare an integration scheme.
(2)Before submitting the integration scheme for approval under section 7, the local authority and the Health Board must jointly consult—
(a)such persons or groups of persons appearing to the Scottish Ministers to have an interest as may be prescribed, and
(b)such other persons as the local authority and the Health Board think fit.
(3)In finalising the integration scheme, the local authority and the Health Board must take account of any views expressed by virtue of subsection (2).