(1)Health boards must co-operate with one another, and with the bodies listed in subsection (2), in relation to the planning and provision of the services mentioned in section 1, with a view to securing, across Scotland, adequate provision and continuous improvement in the delivery of those services.
(2)The bodies are—
(a)any special health board with functions relating to the provision of those services,
(b)the Agency,
(c)HIS.
(3)Subsections (2) to (4) of section 12J of the 1978 Act apply for the purposes of subsection (1) as they apply for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section, subject to the modification that subsection (3)(a) has effect as if for “or the Agency” there was substituted “, the Agency or HIS”.