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The Local Authorities (Public Health Functions and Entry to Premises by Local Healthwatch Representatives) Regulations 2013

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PART 3CHARGES IN RESPECT OF LOCAL AUTHORITY FUNCTIONS

Charges in respect of public health functions

9.—(1) Where a local authority exercises its functions under section 2B of the Act, it may make and recover charges in respect of any of the steps which are prescribed under this regulation.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), the following steps are prescribed—

(a)providing information and advice;

(b)providing services or facilities designed to promote healthy living (whether by helping individuals to address behaviour that is detrimental to health or in any other way);

(c)providing or participating in the provision of training for persons working or seeking to work in the field of health improvement;

(d)making available the services of any person or any facilities.

(3) Charges may be made or recovered only where the provision of the information, advice, services, facilities or training in question has been requested by, or agreed with, the person to whom it is provided.

(4) No charges may be recovered from an individual in respect of the provision of a service or facility to that individual, or the taking of any other step in relation to that individual, for the purpose of improving the individual’s health.

(5) The steps prescribed under paragraph (2) are so prescribed only to the extent that anything done by the local authority of a description specified in paragraph (2) is not being done pursuant to any requirement in Part 2 of these Regulations.

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