Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015

14Community planning partners: duties

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(1)Despite the duties imposed on community planning partners by this Part, a community planning partnership may agree—

(a)that a particular community planning partner need not comply with a duty in relation to a particular local outcome, or

(b)that a particular community planning partner need comply with a duty in relation to a particular local outcome only to such extent as may be so agreed.

(2)Each community planning partner must co-operate with the other community planning partners in carrying out community planning.

(3)Each community planning partner must, in relation to a community planning partnership, contribute such funds, staff and other resources as the community planning partnership considers appropriate—

(a)with a view to improving, or contributing to an improvement in, the achievement of each local outcome referred to in section 6(2)(a), and

(b)for the purpose of securing the participation of the community bodies mentioned in section 4(6)(a) in community planning.

(4)Each community planning partner must provide such information to the community planning partnership about the local outcomes referred to in section 6(2)(a) as the community planning partnership may request.

(5)Each community planning partner must, in carrying out its functions, take account of the local outcomes improvement plan published under section 6 or, as the case may be, section 7(5).