Paragraph 8 Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008

The Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008^f1 is amended as follows.

In section 6 (duty of health boards and local authorities to co-operate), in subsection (2), after paragraph (c), insert—

“(ca)

an integration joint board established under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014;”.

In section 8 (power to direct health boards and local authorities), after subsection (4), insert—

“(5)

If, in pursuance of an integration scheme prepared under section 1 or 2 of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014, a health board delegates any of its functions relating to the protection of public health, this section and sections 9 and 10 apply in relation to the person to whom the functions are delegated as they apply to the health board.”.