# Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008, Section 6: Duty of health boards and local authorities to co-operate


(1) In exercising the functions conferred on them by virtue of this Act, each—
(a) health board; and
(b) local authority,
must co-operate with any relevant person that appears to the board or, as the case may be, authority to have an interest in or a function relating to the protection of public health.
(2) In subsection (1), a “relevant person” is—
(a) a health board;
(b) a special health board;
(c) a local authority;
(ca) an integration joint board established under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014;
(d) the common services agency;
(da) Healthcare Improvement Scotland;
(e) the Scottish Ministers.
(3) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to section 13 of the 1978 Act (duty of health boards and local authorities to co-operate to secure and advance the health of the people of Scotland).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/5/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-etc-scotland-act-2008/section-6
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