PART 1LOCAL PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES

Local primary mental health support services

4Failures to agree schemes

1

If the local mental health partners for an area cannot agree a scheme under section 2–

a

for so long as there is no agreement, the Local Health Board must decide what local primary mental health treatment is to be made available in the local authority area in question and is responsible for providing local primary mental health support services for that area;

b

the Local Health Board must inform the Welsh Ministers that agreement cannot be reached;

c

the Welsh Ministers may determine a scheme and, if they do, must record it in writing.

2

If one partner wishes to alter a scheme, but the other does not, the scheme may, upon a request being made to the Welsh Ministers by either partner, be altered by the Welsh Ministers to such extent as the Welsh Ministers think fit.

3

If the Welsh Ministers alter a scheme under subsection (2), they must record the alterations in writing.