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Health, Social Care and Well-being Strategies (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 No. 1042 (W. 102)
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| Summary: |
1. These Regulations amend the Health, Social Care and Well-being Strategies (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/154 (W.24)) .
2. These Regulations-
(a) amend regulation 2(i) of the principal Regulations by removing Health Authority from the definition of "NHS Body" (regulation 2(2));
(b) amend regulation 4 of the principal Regulations to remove the need for responsible bodies to consult before formulating their strategies (regulation 2(3));
(c) extend regulation 5(2)(f)(v) of the principal Regulations to include the need for the strategy to address inequalities relating to disability, race, gender, language, age, sexual orientation, religion and belief (regulation 2(4));
(d) amend regulation 6 of the principal Regulations to remove requirements placed on responsible bodies in the event of them proposing not to enter into commissioning arrangements (regulation 2(5));
(e) amend regulation 7 of the principal Regulations to include in regulation 7(1) plans made under section 26 of the Children Act 2004; replace the reference in regulation 7(1)(c) to section 28 of the Health Act 1999 with section 17 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 and to remove the requirement in regulations 7(2), 7(4) and 7(5) to publish plans listed in regulation 7(1) as part of the strategy (regulation 2(6));
(f) amend regulation 10 of the principal Regulations to reduce the operative period for each strategy to 3 years (regulation 2(7)).
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| Made Under: |
National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c.42) - 40(4), (5), (6) and (9) and section 203(2) |
| Amending: | Health, Social Care and Well-being Strategies (Wales) Regulations 2003 (154)
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