{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-etc-scotland-act-2008/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-etc-scotland-act-2008/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2008/5",
  "legislation_title": "Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-health-etc-scotland-act-2008",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Joint public health protection plans",
  "text": "(1) Each health board must prepare such plans relating to the protection of public health in its area as the board considers appropriate.\n(2) In preparing a plan under subsection (1), a health board must consult the relevant local authority.\n(3) A plan under subsection (1) must—\n(a) be prepared in accordance with any guidance issued by the Scottish Ministers; and\n(b) include provision about such matters as may be specified in such guidance.\n(4) A board may comply with subsection (1) by incorporating the plan in any other plan the board is required or has power to prepare under any other enactment.\n(5) A board which prepares a plan under subsection (1) must publish the plan (whether as part of another plan in which it is incorporated or otherwise).\n(6) The board—\n(a) may from time to time vary a plan under subsection (1); and\n(b) must publish the plan as so varied.\n(7) The board must, before varying a plan under subsection (6)(a), consult the relevant local authority.\n(8) In this section, the “relevant local authority”—\n(a) is the local authority for the area in relation to which a board is constituted; or\n(b) where the area of the board comprises or includes the areas of two or more local authorities, is both or all of those authorities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 1.10.2009 by S.S.I. 2009/319, art. 2(a), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2008/5/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:45.653037+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."
}