{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007/section-116B",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/28",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-and-public-involvement-in-health-act-2007",
  "path": "section/116B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "116B",
  "heading": "Duty to have regard to assessments and strategies",
  "text": "(1) A responsible local authority and each of its partner integrated care boards must, in exercising any functions, have regard to the following so far as relevant—\n(a) any assessment of relevant needs prepared under section 116 in relation to the responsible local authority’s area,\n(b) any integrated care strategy prepared under section 116ZB in relation to an area that coincides with or includes the whole or part of the responsible local authority’s area, and\n(c) any joint local health and wellbeing strategy prepared under section 116A by the responsible local authority and its partner integrated care boards.\n(2) NHS England must, in exercising any functions in arranging for the provision of health services in relation to the area of a responsible local authority, have regard to the following so far as relevant—\n(a) any assessment of relevant needs prepared under section 116 in relation to that area,\n(b) any integrated care strategy prepared under section 116ZB in relation to an area that coincides with or includes the whole or part of that area, and\n(c) any joint local health and wellbeing strategy prepared under section 116A by the responsible local authority and its partner integrated care boards.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 116A, 116B inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 193, 306(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 116B substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), ss. 26(6), 186(6); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 116-116B modified by 2006 c. 41, s. 13Z4(3) (as inserted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 23(1), 306(1)(d)(4)); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 116-116B modified by 2006 c. 41, s. 14Z24(3) (as inserted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 26, 306(1)(d)(4)); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 116B applied (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 27(4), 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 116B applied (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 26(7), 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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/28/section/116B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:26.064223+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}