PART 2

COMMUNITY STRATEGIES AND PLANNING

Community planning

Meaning of “community planning partners”
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1
For the purposes of this Part, a local authority’s community planning partners are the following—
a
a community council for a community any part of which falls within the local authority’s area;
b
a Welsh fire and rescue authority constituted for an area any part of which falls within the local authority’s area;
c
a Local Health Board established for an area any part of which falls within the local authority’s area;
d
an NHS Trust which is specified in relation to the authority’s area by direction of the Welsh Ministers;
e
a National Park authority any part of whose area falls within the local authority’s area;
f
a police authority for a police area any part of which falls within the local authority’s area;
g
the chief constable of the police force for a police area referred to in paragraph (f).
2
Subject to subsections (3) and (4) the Welsh Ministers may by order—
a
amend or omit any paragraph of subsection (1);
b
add additional paragraphs to that subsection;
c
amend or omit such additional paragraphs.
3
The Welsh Ministers must not exercise their power under subsection (2)—
a
so as to include, or provide for the inclusion of, a person within subsection (1) who does not have functions of a public nature;
b
so as to include, or provide for the inclusion of, a person within that subsection unless they have consulted—
i
where they propose to include a person, that person;
ii
such representatives of local authorities in Wales as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate;
iii
such representatives of community planning partners as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.
4
If the Welsh Ministers exercise their power under subsection (2) so as to include, or provide for the inclusion of, a person within subsection (1) who has functions of both a public and a private nature, they must include that person, or provide for that person’s inclusion, only in relation to those of its functions which are of a public nature.