(1)Once community planning for a local authority’s area has reached the stage described in subsection (2), the authority must produce a document (referred to in this Measure as a “community strategy”) containing the information described in subsection (3).
(2)The stage referred to in subsection (1) is reached when the authority is of the opinion that the degree of consensus amongst the community planning partners and the authority—
(a)as to community strategy objectives for the authority’s area is such that it is appropriate to set such objectives in the community strategy; and
(b)as to the actions to be performed and functions to be exercised for the purpose of achieving those objectives is such that it is appropriate to describe them in the community strategy.
(3)The information to be contained in the community strategy is—
(a)a description of the community strategy objectives which the authority considers it appropriate to set having regard to the consensus referred to in subsection (2)(a); and
(b)a description of the actions to be performed and functions to be exercised for the purpose of achieving those objectives which the authority considers it appropriate to include in the strategy having regard to the consensus referred to in subsection (2)(b).
(4)The community strategy—
(a)must be produced as soon as is reasonably practicable after community planning for the authority’s area has reached the stage described in subsection (2); and
(b)once produced, must be published as soon as is reasonably practicable by the authority.