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Section 9 Other public bodies' well-being objectivesI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

In this section references to a public body do not include the Welsh Ministers F1or a corporate joint committee.

(2)

A public body's well-being objectives must be set and published—

C1C2(a)

no later than the beginning of the financial year following the commencement of this section, and

(b)

at such subsequent times as the body considers appropriate.

(3)

If the well-being goals are amended, a public body must review its well-being objectives.

(4)

If, on a review under subsection (3), a public body determines that one or more of its well-being objectives are no longer appropriate, it must revise the objective or objectives concerned.

(5)

A public body may at any other time review and revise its well-being objectives.

(6)

Where a public body revises its well-being objectives under subsection F2(4) or (5), it must publish them as soon as is reasonably practicable.

(7)

In setting or revising its well-being objectives, a public body must take into account the Commissioner's report under section 23.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 9(1) inserted (3.12.2021) by The Corporate Joint Committees (Amendment of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1360), regs. 1(2), 2(4)

F2

Words in s. 9(6) substituted (29.7.2023) by Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 1), ss. 47, 48(1); S.I. 2023/794, art. 2(n)

Modifications

C1

S. 9(2)(a) modified (30.6.2024) by The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/775), regs. 1(2), 3

C2

S. 9(2)(a) modified (1.8.2024) by The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/806), art. 43 (with art. 28)

Commencement

I1

S. 9 in force at 1.4.2016 by S.I. 2016/86, art. 3