Carers (Scotland) Act 2016

33 Publication and review of local carer strategy

(1) Each local authority and relevant health board must jointly publish their local carer strategy.

(2) The first local carer strategy is to be published before the end of the relevant period (within the meaning of section 37(10) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014) during which section 31 comes into force.

(3) Each local authority and relevant health board—

(a) must jointly review their strategy before the end of the period mentioned in subsection (4),

(b) may from time to time carry out such a review.

(4) That period is the period of 3 years beginning with whichever is the later of the day on which the local authority and relevant health board last published—

(a) their local carer strategy, or

(b) a statement under subsection (6)(b).

(5) In reviewing their local carer strategy, section 31(4) applies.

(6) Following a review under subsection (3), the local authority and relevant health board—

(a) may prepare a revised local carer strategy,

(b) must, where they do not prepare a revised strategy, publish a statement to that effect.

(7) Subsection (1) and section 32 apply to a revised local carer strategy prepared under this section as they apply to a local carer strategy prepared under section 31.