2Duty to produce strategy

1

The Welsh Ministers may by regulations require a relevant authority, or two or more relevant authorities to prepare and publish a strategy setting out how the authority will work, or the authorities will work together—

a

to provide appropriate information and advice to carers,

b

to ensure that, where it falls to an authority to decide what services (if any) are to be provided to or for a carer or the person cared for, the carer is consulted before that decision is made, and

c

to ensure that each authority consults carers before it makes decisions of a general nature regarding the provision of services to or for carers and the persons they care for.

2

Each relevant authority responsible under subsection (1) for the preparation and publication of a strategy must implement the strategy.

3

The “relevant authorities” are—

a

any Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42);

b

any NHS trust established under section 18 of that Act;

c

any Special Health Authority established under section 22 of that Act;

d

any county council or county borough council.

4

For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) and (c) it does not matter who provides the services.

5

In this Measure “responsible authority”, in relation to a strategy, means an authority which has the duty under subsection (1) to prepare and publish the strategy.