Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015

13Governance

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(1)For the area of each local authority, each person mentioned in subsection (2) must—

(a)facilitate community planning,

(b)take reasonable steps to ensure that the community planning partnership carries out its functions under this Part efficiently and effectively.

(2)The persons are—

(a)the local authority,

(b)the Health Board constituted under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 whose area includes, or is the same as, the area of the local authority,

(c)Highlands and Islands Enterprise where the area within which, or in relation to which, it exercises functions in accordance with section 21(1) of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 includes the whole or part of the area of the local authority,

(d)the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland,

(e)the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service,

(f)Scottish Enterprise.

(3)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify subsection (2) so as to—

(a)add a person or a description of person,

(b)remove an entry listed in it,

(c)amend an entry listed in it.