45Part 1: power to secure regional provision
(1)The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for and in connection with–
(a)disapplying (for so long as the regulations are in force) Part 1 in relation to two or more local authority areas; and
(b)instead applying that Part and, so far as necessary this Part and Part 6, in relation to the combined areas of the authorities referred to in paragraph (a) (that combined area being referred to in this section as a “region”).
(2)The provision made by regulations under subsection (1) must include provision specifying at least one Local Health Board and one local authority as the mental health partners for the region (and it does not matter if no part of the area for which such a Board or authority is constituted falls within the region).
(3)The provision that may be made by regulations under subsection (1) includes (but is not limited to) provision–
(a)specifying more than one such Board or authority amongst the mental health partners for the region;
(b)making such modifications of Part 1 as appear to the Welsh Ministers to be necessary or expedient.