PART 4PUBLIC SERVICES BOARDS

CHAPTER 2IMPROVING LOCAL WELL-BEING

Local well-being plans

43Preparation of local well-being plans: further consultation and approval

1

Before publishing its local well-being plan, a public services board must consult—

a

the Commissioner (having received advice from the Commissioner under section 42(2));

b

its invited participants;

c

its other partners;

d

such of the persons who received but did not accept an invitation from the board under section 30 as the board considers appropriate;

e

the local authority’s overview and scrutiny committee;

f

any relevant voluntary organisation as the board considers appropriate;

g

representatives of persons resident in its area;

h

representatives of persons carrying on business in its area;

i

trade unions representing workers in its area;

j

such persons with an interest in the maintenance and enhancement of natural resources in the board’s area, as the board considers appropriate;

k

any other persons who, in the opinion of the board, are interested in the improvement of the area’s economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being.

2

As part of the consultation under subsection (1), each board must provide each consultee with a draft local well-being plan.

3

The consultation under subsection (1) must not end until at least 12 weeks have passed since the day on which it began.

4

Before publishing its local well-being plan, a public services board must hold a meeting at which each member confirms its approval of the plan for publication.

5

If the local authority is operating executive arrangements under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c.22), the function of approving the local well-being plan for publication may not be exercised by an executive of the authority under those arrangements; nor does section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) (discharge of functions by committees etc.) apply to that function.

6

In the case of each Local Health Board, each Welsh fire and rescue authority and the Natural Resources Body for Wales, the function of approving the local well-being plan for publication may only be exercised at a meeting of the body in question.