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Section 322 Duty of certain bodies to help local authority.C1F1F22

England and Wales

(1)

Where it appears to a F2local authority that F3another local authority, F4F5NHS England, F6an integrated care board or a Local Health Board F7... could, by taking any specified action, help in the exercise of any of their functions under this Part, they may request the help of F8that body , specifying the action in question.

(2)

F9A body whose help is so requested shall comply with the request unless—

(a)

they consider that the help requested is not necessary for the purpose of the exercise F10of those functions by the local authority that made the request , or

(b)

subsection (3) applies.

(3)

This subsection applies—

(a)

in F11a case where the request is made of F12NHS England, F13an integrated care board or a F14Local Health Board F15..., if F16that body consider that, having regard to the resources available to them for the purpose of the exercise of their functions under the M1 F17National Health Service Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 , it is not reasonable for them to comply with the request, or

(b)

in a case where the request is made of a local authority, if that authority consider that the request is not compatible with their own statutory or other duties and obligations or unduly prejudices the discharge of any of their functions.

(4)

Regulations may provide that, where F18a local authority, NHS England, F19an integrated care board or a Local Health Board F20... are under a duty by virtue of subsection (2) to comply with a request to help a local authority in the making of an assessment under section 323 or a statement under section 324 of this Act, they must, subject to prescribed exceptions, comply with the request within the prescribed period.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Pt. 4 Ch. 1 repealed (1.9.2021 for the repeal of ss. 333(1ZA)(2)-(6), 334-335 and otherwise in force for specified purposes, 1.1.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2025 for specified purposes) by Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2), s. 100(3), Sch. 1 para. 4(9); S.I. 2021/373, arts. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8(j)(vi) (as amended by S.I. 2021/938, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1243, art. 3 (with arts. 4-23) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1244, art. 3 (with arts. 4-21) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 3); S.I. 2021/1245, arts. 3, 4 (with art. 1(4)); S.I. 2022/891, art. 3 (with arts. 4-25); S.I. 2022/892, arts. 2, 3 (with arts. 4-18); S.I. 2022/893, arts. 2, 4; S.I. 2022/894, art. 3; S.I. 2022/895, arts. 3, 4; S.I. 2022/896, art. 3 (with arts. 1(7), 4-22); S.I. 2022/897, art. 3 (with arts. 1(8), 4-21); S.I. 2022/898, arts. 2, 3

F2

Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), Sch. 2 para. 7(2) (with Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(5))

F3

Words in s. 322(1) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(b)

F4

Words in s. 322(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(2)(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F5

Words in s. 322 substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F6

Words in s. 322(1) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 44; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F7

Words in s. 322(1) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(2)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F8

Words in s. 322(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(2)(c); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F9

Words in s. 322(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(3); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F10

Words in s. 322(2)(a) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(c)

F11

Words in s. 322(3) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(d)

F12

Words in s. 322(3)(a) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(4)(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F13

Words in s. 322(3)(a) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 44; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F14

Words in s. 322(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2007) by The References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 26(2)(c)

F15

Words in s. 322(3)(a) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(4)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F16

Words in s. 322(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(4)(c); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F17

Words in s. 322(3)(a) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 182 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)

F18

Words in s. 322(4) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(5)(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F19

Words in s. 322(4) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 44; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)

F20

Words in s. 322(4) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(5)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)

F21

S. 322(5) repealed (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(e), Sch. 3 Pt. 1

F22

S. 322 title substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(a)

Marginal citations

M1

1977 c. 49.

Modifications

C1

Pt. 4 Ch. 1 excluded (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 81, 139(6); S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505)

Notes on Part IV

Modifications

C1

Pt. 4 power to amend or repeal conferred (10.2.2012) by Education (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 5), ss. 18, 26(3); S.I. 2012/320, art. 2(g)

Notes on Chapter I

Textual amendments

F2

Words in Pt. 4 Ch. 1 title inserted (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 3 para. 9; S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505))