{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/partnership-arrangements-miscellaneous-amendments-etc-wales-regulations-2024/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/partnership-arrangements-miscellaneous-amendments-etc-wales-regulations-2024/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2024/1238",
  "legislation_title": "The Partnership Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/partnership-arrangements-miscellaneous-amendments-etc-wales-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Regulation 11 (membership of regional partnership boards) is amended as follows.\n(2) At the end of paragraph (1)(k) omit the full stop and insert—\n“;\n(l) a representative of the Welsh Ambulance Services University National Health Service Trust;\n(m) at least one person to represent the interests of the providers of primary care services in the area covered by the regional partnership board;\n(n) at least one person to represent the interests of workers who provide health or social care services in the area covered by the regional partnership board;\n(o) at least one person to represent the County Voluntary Councils which represent the area covered by the regional partnership board.\n(1A) A regional partnership board must invite a representative of the Citizen Voice Body to be an independent observer member of the board.\n(1B) A regional partnership board may invite such other persons to be independent observer members of the board as it thinks appropriate.\n(1C) An independent observer member who is appointed under paragraph (1A) or (1B)—\n(a) must agree to being appointed to the board to serve in that capacity;\n(b) may participate in any meeting of the board but is not entitled to vote at any meeting of the board on any question that falls to be decided at that meeting;\n(c) must not be counted in any quorum for a meeting of the board.”\n(3) In paragraph (4), at the appropriate place in alphabetical order insert—\n““primary care services” (“gwasanaethau gofal sylfaenol”) means the services provided as part of the national health service pursuant to arrangements made by Local Health Boards in accordance with Parts 4 to 7 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust was established by article 2 of the Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust (Establishment) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/678); its name was changed by S.I. 2024/358 (W. 66)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "There are 19 County Voluntary Councils in Wales (CVC); the primary function of a CVC is to provide advice and information to local voluntary and community groups on volunteering, funding sources, etc."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2006 c. 42."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/1238/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:59:25.156407+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."
}