5Strategies prepared by other Welsh authorities
(1)In this section a reference to a “Welsh authority” does not include—
(a)the Welsh Ministers;
(b)a local authority.
(2)Subsection (3) applies to the strategy of a Welsh authority under section 2.
(3)Regulations may make provision as to—
(a)the period to which a strategy is to relate;
(b)when and how a strategy must be published;
(c)keeping a strategy under review;
(d)consultation to be carried out before a strategy is published.
(4)Subsection (5) applies to a Welsh authority if both of the following paragraphs apply—
(a)the Welsh authority exercises functions in relation to one or more local authority areas;
(b)the Welsh authority has entered into an arrangement under section 25 of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) with each of those local authorities.
(5)The duty of a Welsh authority under section 2(1) to publish a strategy is discharged if the strategy is an integral part of a plan published under section 26 of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) by each local authority with which it has entered into an arrangement under section 25 of that Act.