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Regulation 10 Objectives of regional partnership boardsI1

England and Wales

The objectives of a regional partnership board are—

(a)

to ensure that the partnership bodies work effectively together to—

(i)

respond to the population assessment carried out in accordance with section 14 of the Act, F1...

(ii)

implement the plans for each of the local authority areas covered by the board which local authorities and local health boards are each required to prepare and publish under section 14A of the Actf1F2... F3,

(iii)

respond to the market stability report which local authorities are required to prepare and publish under section 144B(1) of the Act,

(iv)

promote social enterprises, co-operatives, user-led services and the third sector (in accordance with a local authority’s duty under section 16 of the Act) when responding to a market stability report, and when implementing an area plan, or a joint area plan,

(v)

promote and facilitate the participation of children under the age of 18 in relation to decisions which affect them that are made in the exercise of the partnership arrangements (in accordance with a local authority’s duty under section 12 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010), and

(vi)

promote the development of integrated health and social services arrangements;

(b)

to ensure that the partnership bodies provide sufficient resources for the partnership arrangements, in accordance with their powers under section 167 of the Act;

(c)

to promote the establishment of pooled funds where appropriateF4... F5;

(d)

to work with the Citizen Voice Body to promote the involvement of people who need care and support, and carers, in the work of the partnership arrangements.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in reg. 10(a)(i) omitted (31.12.2024) by virtue of The Partnership Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1238), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(i)

F2

Reg. 10(a)(ii): semicolon omitted (31.12.2024) by virtue of The Partnership Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1238), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(ii)

F3

Reg. 10(a)(iii)-(vi) inserted (31.12.2024) by The Partnership Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1238), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(ii)

F4

Reg. 10(c) full stop omitted (31.12.2024) by virtue of The Partnership Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1238), regs. 1(2), 4(3)

F5

Regs. 10(d) inserted (31.12.2024) by The Partnership Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1238), regs. 1(2), 4(3)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 10 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)(a)

Footnotes

f1

Section 14A was inserted into the Act by section 46 of, and paragraph 34 of Schedule 4 to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2).