Regulation 5 Citizen engagementI1
England and Wales
In preparing an area plan or revised area plan (or, if applicable, a joint area plan or revised joint area plan), a relevant body (or, in the case of a joint area plan, the relevant bodies) must take reasonable steps to engage with—
people in the area who have or may have needs for care and support,
people in the area with parental responsibility for children who have or may have needs for care and support, and
carers in the area who have or may have needs for support.
In paragraph (1), “the area” (“yr ardal”) means the area covered by the area plan (or, if applicable, the joint area plan).
A relevant body (or, in the case of a joint area plan, the relevant bodies) must establish a procedure for the engagement required by paragraph (1).