{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/substance-misuse-formulation-and-implementation-of-strategy-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2007/3078",
  "legislation_title": "The Substance Misuse (Formulation and Implementation of Strategy) (Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/substance-misuse-formulation-and-implementation-of-strategy-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Strategic Assessments",
  "text": "A strategic assessment must include—\n(a) an analysis of the levels and patterns of substance misuse in the area;\n(b) an analysis of the changes in those levels and patterns since the previous strategic assessment;\n(c) an analysis of why those changes have occurred;\n(d) the matters which each responsible authority should prioritise when exercising its functions to combat substance misuse in the area;\n(e) the matters which the persons living and working in the area consider that each responsible authority should prioritise when exercising its functions to reduce substance misuse in the area; and\n(f) an assessment of the extent to which the partnership plan for the previous year has been implemented.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/3078/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:59:58.571803+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."
}