3(1)An SAB must publish for each financial year a plan (its “strategic plan”) which sets out—
(a)its strategy for achieving its objective (see section 43), and
(b)what each member is to do to implement that strategy.
(2)In preparing its strategic plan, the SAB must—
(a)consult the Local Healthwatch organisation for its area, and
(b)involve the community in its area.
(3)In this paragraph and paragraph 4, “financial year”, in relation to an SAB, includes the period—
(a)beginning with the day on which the SAB is established, and
(b)ending with the following 31 March or, if the period ending with that date is 3 months or less, ending with the 31 March following that date.