Regulation 4 How to carry out a HIA

(1)

In carrying out a HIA specified in regulation 3, a public body must—

(a)

identify the decision to which the HIA relates;

(b)

identify any groups of the population whose physical or mental health the public body reasonably considers may be affected by the decision;

(c)

identify and assess—

(i)

any intended effects of the decision, and any unintended effects of the decision that the public body reasonably considers are likely, on the physical and mental health of any groups of the population identified under sub-paragraph (b),

(ii)

in relation to any effects identified under paragraph (i), any measures that the public body reasonably considers may prevent, reduce or mitigate any negative effects or increase any positive effects, and

(iii)

anything else the public body considers to be relevant to the carrying out of the HIA.

(2)

In identifying and assessing any effects for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c)(i), a public body must have regard to the wider determinants of health and any health inequity factors.

(3)

In this regulation—

(a)

“health inequity factors” means any differences in health outcomes and health opportunities that may reasonably be explained, or may reasonably be caused, by any ground including—

(i)

socio-economic status,

(ii)

geographic location, and

(iii)

the presence of a protected characteristic within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Equality Act 2010^f1;

(b)

“health opportunities” means access to publicly available opportunities that the public body carrying out the HIA reasonably considers promote or improve physical or mental health or are intended to do so;

(c)

“wider determinants of health” means the social, economic, cultural and environmental factors that may affect people’s health.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2010 c. 15, to which there are amendments to Chapter 1 not relevant to these Regulations.