S. 23 partly in force; s. 23 in force for specified purposes at 30.4.2015, see s. 56(1)(b)

S. 33 partly in force; s. 33 in force for specified purposes at 30.4.2015, see s. 56(1)(b)

S. 40 partly in force; s. 40 in force for specified purposes at 30.4.2015, see s. 56(1)(b)

S. 50 partly in force; s. 50 in force for specified purposes at 30.4.2015, see s. 56(1)(b)

S. 52 partly in force; s. 52 in force for specified purposes at 30.4.2015, see s. 56(1)(b)

S. 15(2)(3)(6)(a) modified (23.11.2015) by The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 (No. 1924), regs. 1(2), 3

S. 20 in force at 1.2.2016 by S.I. 2016/86, art. 2

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

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2015/2/body/2015-04-30Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to make provision requiring public bodies to do things in pursuit of the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales in a way that accords with the sustainable development principle; to require public bodies to report on such action; to establish a Commissioner for Future Generations to advise and assist public bodies in doing things in accordance with this Act; to establish public services boards in local authority areas; to make provision requiring those boards to plan and take action in pursuit of economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being in their area; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-08-142015-04-30PART 1INTRODUCTION
1Overview1

This section is an overview of the main provisions of the Act.

2

Part 2 of this Act—

a

explains what is meant by “sustainable development” and requires public bodies to carry out sustainable development (sections 2 and 3);

b

requires the bodies to set well-being objectives that are to contribute to the achievement of well-being goals and to take steps to meet those objectives (section 3)

c

requires the bodies to do those things in accordance with the sustainable development principle (section 3);

d

explains what the well-being goals are and what it means to do things in accordance with the sustainable development principle (sections 4 and 5);

e

requires indicators that measure progress towards achieving the well-being goals (section 10), and reports on future trends in the well-being of Wales (section 11), to be published by the Welsh Ministers;

f

requires the bodies to report annually on their progress towards meeting their well-being objectives (sections 12 and 13 and Schedule 1);

g

requires the Auditor General for Wales to carry out examinations into the extent to which public bodies set objectives and take steps to meet them in accordance with the sustainable development principle (section 15).

3

Part 3 of this Act—

a

establishes the office of Future Generations Commissioner for Wales (section 17 and Schedule 2);

b

provides for the Commissioner to promote the needs of future generations by monitoring and reporting on the extent to which the public bodies are setting and seeking to meet their well-being objectives in accordance with the sustainable development principle (section 18);

c

provides for the Commissioner to carry out reviews of public bodies (section 20);

d

establishes a panel of advisers to the Commissioner (sections 26 to 28).

4

Part 4 of this Act—

a

establishes a public services board for each local authority area in Wales and sets out who else a board may work with (Chapter 1);

b

requires boards to improve the well-being of their area by contributing to the well-being goals, which they are to do by assessing well-being in their area, setting local objectives designed to maximise the board's contribution (within its area) to the achievement of the well-being goals and taking steps to meet those objectives (Chapter 2, section 36);

c

requires boards to do those things in accordance with the sustainable development principle (Chapter 2, section 36);

d

requires boards to publish local well-being plans setting out their local objectives and how they propose to take steps to meet them (Chapter 2, section 39);

e

makes specific provision about how local well-being plans apply to community councils and how, in that way, a community council may contribute to the activity of the public services board in its area (Chapter 2, section 40);

f

provides for boards to merge or otherwise collaborate (Chapter 3).

PART 2IMPROVING WELL-BEINGSustainable development and well-being duty on public bodies
2Sustainable development

In this Act, “sustainable development” means the process of improving the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales by taking action, in accordance with the sustainable development principle (see section 5), aimed at achieving the well-being goals (see section 4).

3Well-being duty on public bodies1

Each public body must carry out sustainable development.

2

The action a public body takes in carrying out sustainable development must include—

a

setting and publishing objectives (“well-being objectives”) that are designed to maximise its contribution to achieving each of the well-being goals, and

b

taking all reasonable steps (in exercising its functions) to meet those objectives.

3

A public body that exercises functions in relation to the whole of Wales may set objectives relating to Wales or any part of Wales.

4

A public body that exercises functions in relation only to a part of Wales may set objectives relating to that part or any part of it.

4The well-being goals

The well-being goals are listed and described in Table 1—

TABLE 1

Goal

Description of the goal

A prosperous Wales.

An innovative, productive and low carbon society which recognises the limits of the global environment and therefore uses resources efficiently and proportionately (including acting on climate change); and which develops a skilled and well-educated population in an economy which generates wealth and provides employment opportunities, allowing people to take advantage of the wealth generated through securing decent work.

A resilient Wales.

A nation which maintains and enhances a biodiverse natural environment with healthy functioning ecosystems that support social, economic and ecological resilience and the capacity to adapt to change (for example climate change).

A healthier Wales.

A society in which people's physical and mental well-being is maximised and in which choices and behaviours that benefit future health are understood.

A more equal Wales.

A society that enables people to fulfil their potential no matter what their background or circumstances (including their socio economic background and circumstances).

A Wales of cohesive communities.

Attractive, viable, safe and well-connected communities.

A Wales of vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language.

A society that promotes and protects culture, heritage and the Welsh language, and which encourages people to participate in the arts, and sports and recreation.

A globally responsible Wales.

A nation which, when doing anything to improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales, takes account of whether doing such a thing may make a positive contribution to global well-being.

5The sustainable development principle1

In this Act, any reference to a public body doing something “in accordance with the sustainable development principle” means that the body must act in a manner which seeks to ensure that the needs of the present are met without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

2

In order to act in that manner, a public body must take account of the following things—

a

the importance of balancing short term needs with the need to safeguard the ability to meet long term needs, especially where things done to meet short term needs may have detrimental long term effect;

b

the need to take an integrated approach, by considering how—

i

the body's well-being objectives may impact upon each of the well-being goals;

ii

the body's well-being objectives impact upon each other or upon other public bodies' objectives, in particular where steps taken by the body may contribute to meeting one objective but may be detrimental to meeting another;

c

the importance of involving other persons with an interest in achieving the well-being goals and of ensuring those persons reflect the diversity of the population of⁠—

i

Wales (where the body exercises functions in relation to the whole of Wales), or

ii

the part of Wales in relation to which the body exercises functions;

d

how acting in collaboration with any other person (or how different parts of the body acting together) could assist the body to meet its well-being objectives, or assist another body to meet its objectives;

e

how deploying resources to prevent problems occurring or getting worse may contribute to meeting the body's well-being objectives, or another body's objectives.

6Meaning of “public body”1

For the purposes of this Part and Part 3 of this Act, each of the following persons is a “public body”—

a

the Welsh Ministers;

b

a local authority;

c

a Local Health Board;

d

the following NHS Trusts—

i

Public Health Wales;

ii

Velindre;

e

a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;

f

a Welsh fire and rescue authority;

g

the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

h

the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales;

i

the Arts Council of Wales;

j

the Sports Council for Wales;

k

the National Library of Wales;

l

the National Museum of Wales.

2

Section 52 enables the Welsh Ministers to amend the meaning of a “public body”.

3

Chapter 1 of Part 4 provides for persons who are listed as public bodies in subsection (1) (as well as certain other persons who exercise functions of a public nature) to be either members, invited participants or other partners of the public services boards established under that Part.

Well-being objectives
7Statements about well-being objectives1

When publishing the well-being objectives (including well-being objectives revised under section 8 or 9) a public body must also publish a statement—

a

explaining why the body considers that meeting the objectives will contribute to the achievement of the well-being goals;

b

explaining why the public body considers it has set well-being objectives in accordance with the sustainable development principle, including how the body proposes to involve other persons with an interest in achieving the well-being goals and ensure that those persons reflect the diversity of the population of—

i

Wales (where the body exercises functions in relation to the whole of Wales), or

ii

the part of Wales in relation to which the body exercises functions;

c

setting out the steps the public body proposes to take to meet those objectives in accordance with the principle (including how it proposes to govern itself, how it will keep the steps under review and how it proposes to ensure that resources are allocated annually for the purpose of taking such steps);

d

specifying the periods of time within which the body expects to meet the objectives;

e

providing such other information as the body considers appropriate about taking the steps and meeting the objectives.

2

The well-being objectives of a public body that is also a member of a public services board may be included in that board's local well-being plan (see Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 4).

8Welsh Ministers' well-being objectives1

The Welsh Ministers' well-being objectives must be set and published—

a

no later than 6 months after the date on which the first general election is held following the commencement of this section, and

b

no later than 6 months after the date of each subsequent general election.

2

The Welsh Ministers' well-being objectives must be set for the period—

a

beginning with the day specified for that purpose in the statement published under section 7(1), and

b

ending with the day of the next ordinary general election under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32).

3

If the well-being goals are amended, the Welsh Ministers must review their well-being objectives.

4

If, on a review under subsection (3), the Welsh Ministers determine that one or more of their well-being objectives are no longer appropriate, they must revise the objective or objectives concerned.

5

The Welsh Ministers may at any other time review and revise their well-being objectives.

6

Well-being objectives revised under subsection (4) or (5) must be set for the remainder of the period referred to in subsection (2).

7

Where the Welsh Ministers revise their well-being objectives under subsection (4) or (5), they must publish them as soon as is reasonably practicable.

8

In setting or revising their well-being objectives, the Welsh Ministers must take into account the Commissioner's report under section 23.

9

In subsection (1), “general election” means—

a

the poll held at an ordinary general election under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32), or

b

the poll held at an extraordinary general election under section 5 of that Act.

9Other public bodies' well-being objectives1

In this section references to a public body do not include the Welsh Ministers .

2

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

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 (3) or (4), 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.

Measuring performance towards achieving the goals
10National indicators and annual well-being report1

The Welsh Ministers must—

a

publish indicators (“national indicators”) that must be applied for the purpose of measuring progress towards the achievement of the well-being goals, and

b

lay a copy of the national indicators before the National Assembly.

2

A national indicator—

a

must be expressed as a value or characteristic that can be measured quantitatively or qualitatively against a particular outcome;

b

may be measured over such period of time as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate;

c

may be measurable in relation to Wales or any part of Wales.

3

The Welsh Ministers must set milestones in relation to the national indicators which the Welsh Ministers consider would assist in measuring whether progress is being made towards the achievement of the well-being goals.

4

In setting a milestone the Welsh Ministers must specify—

a

the criteria for determining whether the milestone has been achieved (by reference to the value or characteristic by which the indicator is measured), and

b

the time by which the milestone is to be achieved.

5

If the well-being goals are amended, the Welsh Ministers must review the national indicators and milestones.

6

If, on a review under subsection (5), the Welsh Ministers determine that one or more of the national indicators or milestones are no longer appropriate, they must revise it or them.

7

The Welsh Ministers may at any other time review and revise the national indicators and milestones.

8

Where the Welsh Ministers revise the national indicators and milestones under subsection (6) or (7), they must as soon as reasonably practicable—

a

publish the indicators and milestones as revised, and

b

lay a copy of them before the National Assembly.

9

Before publishing national indicators and milestones (including indicators and milestones revised under subsection (6) or (7)), the Welsh Ministers must consult—

a

the Commissioner;

b

the other public bodies;

c

such other persons as they consider appropriate.

10

The Welsh Ministers must, in respect of each financial year beginning after the date on which national indicators are published under subsection (1), publish a report (an “annual well-being report”) on the progress made towards the achievement of the well-being goals by reference to the national indicators and milestones.

11

An annual well-being report under subsection (10) must specify the periods of time to which the measurement of each indicator relates.

11Future trends report1

The Welsh Ministers must, during the period of 12 months beginning with the date of a general election, publish a report (a “future trends report”) that contains—

a

predictions of likely future trends in the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales, and

b

any related analytical data and information that the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.

2

In preparing a future trends report the Welsh Ministers must—

a

take account of any action taken by the United Nations in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and assess the potential impact of that action on the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales, and

b

take account of the report containing an assessment of the risks for the United Kingdom of the current and predicted impact of climate change most recently sent to the Welsh Ministers under section 56(6) of the Climate Change Act 2008 (c.27).

3

In subsection (2)(a), “UN Sustainable Development Goals” means the draft goals proposed in the report of the United Nations Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (UN document reference A/68/970) referred to in UN resolution 68/309 which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 September 2014.

4

In subsection (1), the reference to the date of a general election is to the date on which an ordinary general election is held under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) (or would be apart from section 5(5) of that Act).

12Annual reports by the Welsh Ministers1

The Welsh Ministers must—

a

publish, in respect of each financial year, a report of the progress they have made towards meeting their well-being objectives, and

b

lay a copy of the report before the National Assembly.

2

In preparing a report under this section, the Welsh Ministers must review their well-being objectives.

3

If, on a review under subsection (2), the Welsh Ministers determine that one or more of their well-being objectives are no longer appropriate, they must revise the objective or objectives concerned and publish the revised objective or objectives as soon as practicable.

4

Where the Welsh Ministers revise one or more of their objectives under subsection (3), the report must include an explanation of the revision and the reasons for making it.

5

A report under this section must be published and laid before the National Assembly as soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the financial year to which the report relates.

13Annual reports by other public bodies1

Schedule 1 makes provision requiring each public body other than the Welsh Ministers to publish annual reports of the progress it has made in meeting its well-being objectives.

2

In preparing a report under Schedule 1, or under a provision amended by that Schedule, a public body must review its well-being objectives.

3

If, on a review under subsection (2), 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 and publish the revised objective or objectives as soon as practicable.

4

Where a public body revises one or more of its objectives under subsection (3), the report must include an explanation of the revision and the reasons for making it.

Guidance
14Guidance1

The Welsh Ministers must issue guidance to other public bodies about the exercise of functions under this Part.

2

In exercising a function under this Part, a public body must take such guidance into account.

Role of the Auditor General for Wales
15The sustainable development principle: Auditor General's examinations1

The Auditor General for Wales may carry out examinations of public bodies for the purposes of assessing the extent to which a body has acted in accordance with the sustainable development principle when—

a

setting well-being objectives, and

b

taking steps to meet those objectives.

2

The Auditor General must carry out such an examination of each public body at least once during the period mentioned in subsection (6).

3

Before the end of the period mentioned in subsection (6), the Auditor General must report on the results of the examinations carried out under subsection (1) during that period to the National Assembly.

4

The Auditor General must lay any report prepared under subsection (3) before the National Assembly.

5

In carrying out an examination under subsection (1), the Auditor General must—

a

take into account any advice or assistance given to the public body, or any review of and recommendations made to the body, by the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales (see Part 3), and

b

consult the Commissioner.

6

The period referred to in subsections (2) and (3)—

a

begins on the date falling one year before the date on which an ordinary general election is to be held under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, and

b

ends on the date falling one day and one year before the date on which the next such election is to be held.

Promotion of sustainable development
16Promotion of sustainable development

For section 79 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) (sustainable development) substitute—

79Sustainable development1

The Welsh Ministers must, in the exercise of their functions, make appropriate arrangements to promote sustainable development.

2

After each financial year the Welsh Ministers must publish a report containing a statement of the arrangements made in pursuance of subsection (1) that had effect during that financial year and must lay a copy of the report before the Assembly.

3

The arrangements referred to in subsection (1) may be made by the Welsh Ministers exercising their functions under section (2) of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (duty of Welsh public bodies to set objectives and take steps to meet them in accordance with the sustainable development principle).

.

PART 3THE FUTURE GENERATIONS COMMISSIONER FOR WALESThe Commissioner
17Future Generations Commissioner for Wales1

There is to be a Future Generations Commissioner for Wales (referred to in this Act as the “Commissioner”).

2

The Commissioner is to be an individual appointed by the Welsh Ministers.

3

Before making the appointment under subsection (2), the Welsh Ministers must consult with the National Assembly through its responsible committee.

4

Schedule 2 makes further provision about the Commissioner.

18Commissioner's general duty

The general duty of the Commissioner is—

a

to promote the sustainable development principle, in particular to—

i

act as a guardian of the ability of future generations to meet their needs, and

ii

encourage public bodies to take greater account of the long-term impact of the things that they do, and

b

for that purpose to monitor and assess the extent to which well-being objectives set by public bodies are being met.

The Commissioner's functions
19Commissioner's functions1

The Commissioner may, in carrying out the Commissioner's general duty—

a

provide advice or assistance to a public body (which includes providing advice on climate change);

b

provide advice to the Auditor General for Wales on the sustainable development principle;

c

provide advice or assistance to a public services board in relation to the preparation of its local well-being plan (see section 42);

d

provide advice or assistance to any other person who the Commissioner considers is taking (or wishes to take) steps that may contribute to the achievement of the well-being goals;

e

encourage best practice amongst public bodies in taking steps to meet their well-being objectives in accordance with the sustainable development principle;

f

promote awareness amongst public bodies of the need to take steps to meet their well-being objectives in accordance with the sustainable development principle;

g

encourage public bodies to work with each other and with other persons if this could assist them to meet their well-being objectives;

h

seek the advice of an advisory panel (see section 26) in relation to the exercise of any of the Commissioner's functions.

2

The Commissioner may undertake research or other study into—

a

the extent to which the well-being goals and national indicators are consistent with the sustainable development principle,

b

the extent to which the sustainable development principle is taken into account in the national indicators,

c

the sustainable development principle itself (including how it is applied to setting and meeting objectives), and

d

anything related to any of those things that impacts upon the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales (or any part of Wales).

3

References in this section to providing assistance to a public body do not include providing financial assistance.

20Reviews by the Commissioner1

The Commissioner may conduct a review into the extent to which a public body is safeguarding the ability of future generations to meet their needs by taking account of the long term impact of things the body does under section 3.

2

In conducting a review, the Commissioner may review—

a

the steps the body has taken or proposes to take to meet its well-being objectives;

b

the extent to which the body is meeting its well-being objectives;

c

whether a body has set well-being objectives and taken steps to meet them in accordance with the sustainable development principle.

3

In conducting a review, the Commissioner must have regard to any examination of the body carried out by the Auditor General for Wales under section 15.

4

In conducting a review, the Commissioner may make recommendations to the public body about—

a

the steps the body has taken or proposes to take to meet its well-being objectives;

b

how to set well-being objectives and take steps to meet them in accordance with the sustainable development principle.

5

The Commissioner may conduct a single review of two or more public bodies.

6

The Commissioner must publish a report of a review (including any recommendations made) and send a copy of it to the Welsh Ministers.

7

In conducting a review, the Commissioner may require a public body to provide such information as the Commissioner considers relevant to the review.

8

But a public body is not required to provide information to the Commissioner if the body is prohibited from providing it by virtue of an enactment or any other rule of law.

21Recommendations made by the Commissioner1

In providing advice or assistance to the Welsh Ministers, the Commissioner may also make recommendations to the Ministers about the well-being goals or the national indicators.

2

If the Commissioner makes recommendations under this section, the Commissioner must publish those recommendations.

22Duty to follow recommendations1

A public body must take all reasonable steps to follow the course of action set out in a recommendation made to it by the Commissioner under section 20(4) unless—

a

the public body is satisfied that there is good reason for it not to follow the recommendation in particular categories of case or at all, or

b

it decides on an alternative course of action in respect of the subject matter of the recommendation.

2

The Welsh Ministers may issue guidance to other public bodies about how to respond to a recommendation made by the Commissioner.

3

In deciding how to respond to such a recommendation, a public body must take such guidance into account.

4

A public body must publish its response to a recommendation made by the Commissioner and if the body does not follow a recommendation, the response must include the body's reasons for that and explain what alternative course of action, if any, it proposes to take.

23Future Generations report1

The Commissioner must prepare and publish, before the end of each reporting period, a report containing the Commissioner's assessment of the improvements public bodies should make in order to set and meet well-being objectives in accordance with the sustainable development principle.

2

The Commissioner's report must include, in particular, an assessment of how public bodies should—

a

better safeguard the ability of future generations to meet their needs, and

b

take greater account of the long-term impact of the things that they do.

3

In this section and section 24, the “reporting period” is the period—

a

beginning with the day after that on which a future trends report under section 11 is published, and

b

ending on the day before the date falling one year before the date on which the poll is to be held at the next general election under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32).

4

In addition to the assessment mentioned in subsection (1), a report under this section must also include—

a

a summary of the evidence gathered and activities undertaken by the Commissioner during the reporting period (see section 24);

b

a summary of the reviews conducted by the Commissioner during the reporting period (see section 20);

c

a summary of any other action taken by the Commissioner during the reporting period in the exercise of the Commissioner's functions.

5

A report under this section may include—

a

an account of any research or other study undertaken under section 19(2);

b

any other information the Commissioner considers appropriate.

6

The Commissioner must send the Welsh Ministers a copy of a report published under this section.

7

The Welsh Ministers must lay a copy of a report sent to them under subsection (6) before the National Assembly.

8

The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend the reporting period.

24Future Generations report: activity during the reporting period1

During a reporting period (but before the report under section 23 is published) the Commissioner must consult—

a

the advisory panel (see section 26);

b

each public body;

c

representatives of voluntary organisations in Wales;

d

any other person who the Commissioner considers is taking steps (or wishes to take steps) that may contribute to the achievement of the well-being goals;

e

representatives of persons resident in each local authority area in Wales;

f

representatives of persons carrying on business in Wales;

g

trade unions representing workers in Wales;

h

any other person the Commissioner considers appropriate to ensure that economic, social, environmental and cultural interests are fully represented.

2

In preparing a report under section 23 the Commissioner must (in addition to taking into account representations made by the persons consulted under subsection (1)) take into account—

a

each annual well-being report under section 10(10) published during the reporting period;

b

the future trends report published under section 11 on the day before the beginning of the reporting period;

c

relevant reports of the Auditor General for Wales.

Joint working
25Joint working1

This section applies if the Commissioner intends to conduct a review of a body under section 20 and it appears to the Commissioner that such a review relates to a matter that is the same as, or substantially similar to, the subject matter of—

a

a review under section 72B of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14) by the Children's Commissioner for Wales;

b

a review under section 3 of the Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006 (c.30) by the Commissioner for Older People in Wales;

c

an inquiry under section 7 of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1) by the Welsh Language Commissioner.

2

The Commissioner may—

a

inform the other Commissioner about the intention to conduct the review, and

b

consult the other Commissioner about the review.

3

The Commissioners may—

a

co-operate with each other;

b

jointly prepare and publish a document that is to be treated as both—

i

the report of the review required by section 20(6), and

ii

a report of the review or inquiry referred to in subsection (1) of this section.

Advisory panel to the Commissioner
26Advisory panel1

There is to be a panel of advisers (the “advisory panel”) for the purpose of providing advice to the Commissioner on the exercise of the Commissioner's functions.

2

The members of the advisory panel are—

a

the Children's Commissioner for Wales;

b

the Welsh Language Commissioner;

c

the Commissioner for Older People in Wales;

d

the member of staff of the Welsh Government designated by the Welsh Ministers as the Chief Medical Officer for Wales;

e

the chairperson of the Natural Resources Body for Wales or another non-executive member of that body selected by the chairperson;

f

an officer of the body representing trade unions in Wales known as Wales TUC Cymru nominated by that body;

g

the chairperson, director or similar officer as the Welsh Ministers may appoint of a body representing persons carrying on business in Wales;

h

such other person as the Welsh Ministers may appoint.

27Appointed members1

Before appointing a member under section 26(2)(h), the Welsh Ministers must consult the Commissioner.

2

An appointed member holds office for a period of no less than 3 years and no more than 5 years as the Welsh Ministers may determine.

3

An appointed member may be reappointed once for a further period of no less than 3 years and no more than 5 years (whether or not this period runs consecutively from the member's first appointment).

4

The Welsh Ministers may pay remuneration to appointed members.

5

An appointed member may resign from the panel by giving the Welsh Ministers not less than 3 months' notice in writing of the member's intention to do so.

6

The Welsh Ministers may following consultation with the Commissioner dismiss an appointed member if satisfied that the member—

a

is unfit to continue as a panel member, or

b

is unable or unwilling to act as a member.

28Payment of panel members' expenses

The Welsh Ministers may pay allowances (including travelling and subsistence allowances) and gratuities to the members of the advisory panel.

PART 4PUBLIC SERVICES BOARDSCHAPTER 1ESTABLISHMENT, PARTICIPATION AND SCRUTINY
29Public services boards1

There is to be a public services board for each local authority area in Wales.

2

The members of each board are—

a

the local authority;

b

the Local Health Board for an area any part of which falls within the local authority area;

c

the Welsh fire and rescue authority for an area any part of which falls within the local authority area;

d

the Natural Resources Body for Wales.

3

In this Part, a reference to a “public services board” (or “board”) is a reference to the members of that board acting jointly; accordingly, a function expressed as a function of a public services board is a function of each member of the board that may only be exercised jointly with the other members.

30Invitations to participate1

A public services board for a local authority area must invite the following persons to participate in the activity of the board—

a

the Welsh Ministers;

b

the chief constable of the police force for a police area any part of which falls within the local authority area;

c

the police and crime commissioner for a police area any part of which falls within the local authority area;

d

a person required by arrangements under section 3(2) of the Offender Management Act 2007 (c.21) to provide probation services in relation to the local authority area;

e

at least one body representing relevant voluntary organisations (whether or not the body is known as a County Voluntary Council).

2

Each board may invite any other person who exercises functions of a public nature to participate in the activity of the board, even if that person also exercises other functions.

3

In this section and section 31, a reference to participating in the activity of a public services board is a reference to working jointly with the board, any member of it or any other person who accepts an invitation to participate under this section, on anything the board does under section 36 (Well-being duty on public services boards).

4

In subsection (3), “working jointly” includes—

a

making representations to the board about the content of—

i

an assessment under section 37, or

ii

a local well-being plan, a draft plan or proposed amendments to a plan (see sections 43(1) and 44(4)),

b

taking part in meetings of the board (which includes, upon the invitation of the members of the board and subject to paragraphs 2(1) and 3(1) of Schedule 3, chairing meetings), and

c

providing other advice and assistance to the board.

5

A person who accepts an invitation to participate in the activity of a public services board⁠—

a

is referred to in this Part as an “invited participant”; but

b

does not become a member of the board by virtue of accepting the invitation.

6

The reference in subsection (4)(c) to providing assistance does not include providing financial assistance.

31Invitations to participate: issue, response and duration of participation1

An invitation under section 30(1) must be issued as soon as is reasonably practicable following—

a

the first meeting of a public services board (see paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3), and

b

each meeting held under paragraph 3(1) of that Schedule.

2

An invitation under section 30(1) or (2)—

a

may be in such form as the board determines; but

b

must specify the person to whom a response is to be sent.

3

An invited participant may participate in the activity of a board in the period—

a

beginning with the date on which the response accepting the invitation is received by the person to whom it is to be sent, and

b

ending on the date on which the next ordinary election is held under section 26 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c.70) (election of councillors).

32Other partners1

A public services board's other partners are—

a

a community council for a community in an area which (or any part of which) falls within the local authority area (but see also section 40);

b

the Public Health Wales NHS trust;

c

a Community Health Council for an area which (or any part of which) falls within the local authority area;

d

a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales any part of which falls within the local authority area;

e

the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales;

f

an institution in the further education sector or the higher education sector situated in whole or in part within the local authority area;

g

the Arts Council of Wales;

h

the Sports Council for Wales;

i

the National Library of Wales;

j

the National Museum of Wales.

2

In exercising its functions, a board—

a

must seek advice from its other partners, and

b

must otherwise involve them in such manner and to such extent as it considers appropriate.

3

In subsection (1)(f), “further education sector” and “higher education sector” have the same meaning as in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13).

33Changes in participation1

The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, amend section 29(2), 30(1) or 32(1) by—

a

adding a person,

b

removing a person, or

c

amending the description of a person.

2

But the Welsh Ministers may amend section 29(2), 30(1) or 32(1) by adding a person only if that person exercises functions of a public nature.

3

If the Welsh Ministers amend section 29(2), 30(1) or 32(1) so as to add a person who has functions of a public nature and other functions, this Part applies to that person only in relation to those of the person's functions that are of a public nature.

4

Before making regulations under subsection (1), the Welsh Ministers must consult—

a

the members, invited participants and other partners of the public services board to which the proposed regulations relate, and

b

if such regulations are to amend section 29(2), 30(1) or 32(1) so as to add a person, that person.

34Meetings and terms of reference

Schedule 3 makes further provision about public services boards (including provision about their meetings and terms of reference).

35Overview and scrutiny committee of local authority1

Executive arrangements by a local authority under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22) must ensure that its overview and scrutiny committee has power—

a

to review or scrutinise decisions made, t or other action taken, by the public services board for the local authority area in the exercise of its functions;

b

to review or scrutinise the board's governance arrangements;

c

to make reports or recommendations to the board with respect to the board's functions or governance arrangements;

d

to consider such matters relating to the board as the Welsh Ministers may refer to it and to report to the Welsh Ministers accordingly;

e

to carry out such other functions in relation to the board as are imposed on it by this Act.

2

An overview and scrutiny committee must send a copy of any report or recommendation made under subsection (1)(c) to—

a

the Welsh Ministers;

b

the Commissioner;

c

the Auditor General for Wales.

3

An overview and scrutiny committee may, for the purpose of exercising a power mentioned in subsection (1), require one or more of the persons who may attend a meeting of the public services board (see paragraph 7 of Schedule 3), or anyone designated by such a person, to attend a meeting of the committee and provide it with explanations of such matters as it may specify.

4

Where a local authority has more than one overview and scrutiny committee, the references in this Part to its overview and scrutiny committee are to the committee that the local authority designates for the purposes of this section.

CHAPTER 2IMPROVING LOCAL WELL-BEINGWell-being duty on public services boards
36Well-being duty on public services boards1

Each public services board must improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of its area by contributing to the achievement of the well-being goals.

2

A public services board's contribution to the achievement of the goals must include—

a

assessing the state of economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being in its area (see sections 37 and 38),

b

setting objectives (“local objectives”) that are designed to maximise its contribution within its area to achieving those goals, and

c

the taking of all reasonable steps by members of the board (in exercising their functions) to meet those objectives (but see section 39(2)(b)).

3

Anything a public services board does under this section must be done in accordance with the sustainable development principle.

4

Sections 39 to 45 make provision about local well-being plans including provision requiring public services boards to set out in such plans their local objectives and the steps they propose to take to meet them.

Local well-being assessments
37Assessments of local well-being1

A public services board must prepare and publish an assessment of the state of economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being in its area.

2

Each board must publish the assessment no later than one year before the date on which a local well-being plan is to be published under subsection (6) or (7) of section 39.

3

An assessment must—

a

set out which community areas comprise the area of the board;

b

include an analysis of the state of well-being in each community area and in the area as a whole;

c

include an analysis of the state of well-being of the people in the area;

d

include any further analysis that the board carries out by reference to criteria set and applied by it for the purpose of assessing economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being in the area or in any community situated in the area;

e

include predictions of likely future trends in the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of the area;

f

include any other related analytical data and information that the board considers appropriate.

4

An analysis referred to in subsection (3)—

a

must refer to any national indicators published under section 10;

b

must refer to a future trends reports under section 11 to the extent that it is relevant to the assessment of well-being in the area.

5

The community areas that comprise the area of a board are to be determined—

a

in accordance with regulations made by the Welsh Ministers, or

b

if no such regulations have been made, by the board.

6

The analysis referred to in subsection (3)(c) may include analyses of particular categories of persons determined by the board by reference to—

a

the fact that persons are vulnerable or otherwise disadvantaged for the same or similar reasons;

b

the persons possessing a common protected characteristic within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Equality Act 2010 (c.15);

c

the persons being children (persons under the age of 18);

d

the persons being young people entitled to support under sections 105 to 115 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4) as described in section 104 of that Act;

e

whether the persons—

i

may have need for care and support (as described in Part 3 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014) (anaw 4)); or

ii

provide or intend to provide care and support for persons who may need it;

f

any other common factor the Board considers appropriate in describing a category of persons.

7

Each board must send a copy of its assessment to—

a

the Welsh Ministers;

b

the Commissioner;

c

the Auditor General for Wales;

d

the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee.

38Preparation of assessments1

Before publishing its assessment under section 37, a public services board must consult—

a

the Commissioner;

b

the board's invited participants;

c

its other partners;

d

such of the persons who received but did not accept an invitation from the board under section 30 as the board considers appropriate;

e

the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee;

f

any relevant voluntary organisation as the board considers appropriate;

g

representatives of persons resident in its area;

h

representatives of persons carrying on business in its area;

i

trade unions representing workers in its area;

j

such persons with an interest in the maintenance and enhancement of natural resources in the board's area, as the board considers appropriate;

k

any other persons who, in the opinion of the board, are interested in the improvement of the area's economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being.

2

As part of the consultation under subsection (1), each board must provide each consultee with a draft of its assessment.

3

In preparing its assessment, each board must take each of the following into account—

a

the report containing an assessment of the risks for the United Kingdom of the current and predicted impact of climate change most recently sent to the Welsh Ministers under section 56(6) of the Climate Change Act 2008 (c.27);

b

the most recent review of the sufficiency of nursery education provision for the local authority area carried out under section 119(5)(a) of the School Standards and Frameworks Act 1998 (c.31);

c

the most recent assessment of the sufficiency of the provision of childcare in the local authority area carried out in accordance with regulations made under section 26(1) of the Childcare Act 2006 (c.21);

d

the most recent assessment of the sufficiency of play opportunities in the local authority area carried out under section 11(1) of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 1);

e

the most recent assessment carried out by the local authority in conjunction with a Local Health Board under section 14 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4) (assessment of needs for care and support, support for carers and preventative services);

f

the most recent strategic assessment prepared in accordance with regulations under section 6 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37) relating to reducing crime and disorder in the local authority area;

g

the most recent strategic assessment prepared in accordance with regulations under that section relating to combating substance misuse in the local authority area;

h

the most recent strategic assessment prepared in accordance with regulations under that section relating to the reduction of reoffending in the local authority area;

i

such other review or assessment in relation to the local authority area as may be prescribed by the Welsh Ministers in regulations (or such other analysis as may be designated in such regulations as a review or assessment for the purposes of this section).

Local well-being plans
39Local well-being plans1

A public services board must prepare and publish a plan (a “local well-being plan”) setting out its local objectives and the steps it proposes to take to meet them.

2

The plan may include objectives—

a

that are also well-being objectives published under Part 2 by a member of the board;

b

that are to be met by the taking of steps—

i

by one or more members of the board, invited participants or other partners acting individually, or

ii

any combination of members, invited participants or other partners acting jointly.

3

But a plan may include an objective which is to be met by steps which are to be taken by an invited participant or other partner (whether individually or jointly in any combination of members, invited participants or other partners) only if the board has obtained the agreement of that invited participant or other partner, as the case may be.

4

In setting its well-being objectives a board must take into account the Commissioner's report under section 23.

5

A local well-being plan must include a statement—

a

explaining why the board considers that meeting the local objectives will contribute within the area to achieving the well-being goals;

b

explaining how the objectives and any proposed steps have been set with regard to any matters mentioned in the most recent assessment of well-being published under section 37;

c

specifying the periods of time within which the board expects to meet the objectives;

d

explaining how any proposed steps are to be taken in accordance with the sustainable development principle;

e

if the plan includes objectives referred to in subsection (2)(b), specifying the proposed steps to be taken to meet those objectives and, in the case of steps to be taken by a combination of members of the board, invited participants or other partners, the persons making up the combination;

f

if the plan is not the first plan published by the board, specifying the steps taken to meet the objectives set out in the board's previous plan and specifying the extent to which those objectives have been met;

g

providing such other information as the board considers appropriate.

6

Each board must publish its first local well-being plan no later than one year after the date on which the next ordinary election under section 26 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) following the commencement of this section is held.

7

Subsequently, each board must publish a local well-being plan no later than one year after the date on which each subsequent ordinary election under that section is held.

8

Each board must send a copy of its plan to—

a

the Welsh Ministers;

b

the Commissioner;

c

the Auditor General for Wales;

d

the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee.

40Local well-being plans: role of community councils1

A community council must take all reasonable steps in its area towards meeting the local objectives included in the local well-being plan that has effect in its area.

2

But a community council is subject to the duty under subsection (1) only if, for each of the preceding three financial years prior to the local well-being plan for its area being published, either its gross income or its gross expenditure was at least £200,000.

3

The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, amend the criteria specified in subsection (2) for determining whether a community council is subject to the duty under subsection (1); and the regulations may reflect provision made about community councils in regulations under section 39 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c.23).

4

Before making regulations under subsection (3), the Welsh Ministers must consult—

a

the Commissioner;

b

the community councils that would become subject to the duty under subsection (1) if the regulations were made;

c

such other persons as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.

5

A community council must publish, in respect of each financial year in which it was subject to the duty under subsection (1), a report of the progress it has made in its area in meeting the local objectives included in the local well-being plan that has effect in its area.

6

A report under subsection (5) must be published as soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the financial year to which the report relates.

7

The Welsh Ministers must issue guidance to community councils that are subject to the duty under subsection (1) about the exercise of the duty.

8

In carrying out the duty under subsection (1), a community council must take such guidance into account.

41Preparation of local well-being plans: information about activities of others1

In preparing its local well-being plan (and before consulting under section 43), a public services board may require any person mentioned in subsection (2) to provide the board with information about any action it takes that may contribute within the board's area to achieving the well-being goals.

2

The persons are—

a

the persons invited to participate in the activities of the board, except the Welsh Ministers (see section 30);

b

the board's other partners (see section 32).

3

But a person mentioned in subsection (2) is not required to provide information to a public services board—

a

if the person considers that doing so would—

i

be incompatible with the person's duties, or

ii

otherwise have an adverse effect on the exercise of the person's functions, or

b

if the person is prohibited from providing it by virtue of an enactment or any other rule of law.

4

Where a person mentioned in subsection (2) decides, in reliance on subsection (3)(a), that it is not required to provide information to a public services board, it must provide the board with written reasons for its decision.

42Preparation of local well-being plans: Commissioner's advice1

In preparing its local well-being plan (and before consulting under section 43), a public services board must seek the advice of the Commissioner on how to take steps to meet the local objectives to be included in the plan in accordance with the sustainable development principle.

2

The Commissioner must give the advice—

a

in writing, and

b

no later than 14 weeks after it is sought.

3

Each board must publish the Commissioner's advice at the same time as it publishes the local well-being plan.

43Preparation of local well-being plans: further consultation and approval1

Before publishing its local well-being plan, a public services board must consult—

a

the Commissioner (having received advice from the Commissioner under section 42(2));

b

its invited participants;

c

its other partners;

d

such of the persons who received but did not accept an invitation from the board under section 30 as the board considers appropriate;

e

the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee;

f

any relevant voluntary organisation as the board considers appropriate;

g

representatives of persons resident in its area;

h

representatives of persons carrying on business in its area;

i

trade unions representing workers in its area;

j

such persons with an interest in the maintenance and enhancement of natural resources in the board's area, as the board considers appropriate;

k

any other persons who, in the opinion of the board, are interested in the improvement of the area's economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being.

2

As part of the consultation under subsection (1), each board must provide each consultee with a draft local well-being plan.

3

The consultation under subsection (1) must not end until at least 12 weeks have passed since the day on which it began.

4

Before publishing its local well-being plan, a public services board must hold a meeting at which each member confirms its approval of the plan for publication.

5

If the local authority is operating executive arrangements under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c.22), the function of approving the local well-being plan for publication may not be exercised by an executive of the authority under those arrangements; nor does section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) (discharge of functions by committees etc.) apply to that function.

6

In the case of each Local Health Board, each Welsh fire and rescue authority and the Natural Resources Body for Wales, the function of approving the local well-being plan for publication may only be exercised at a meeting of the body in question.

44Review of local well-being plans1

A public services board may—

a

review and revise its local objectives;

b

review and amend its local well-being plan (and must amend its plan if it has revised its local objectives).

2

Each board—

a

must review its local objectives or local well-being plan if directed to do so by the Welsh Ministers, and

b

may revise its objectives or amend its plan in consequence of such a review.

3

When giving a direction under subsection (2)(a) the Welsh Ministers must publish a statement containing their reasons for giving it.

4

Before making an amendment to its plan, each board must consult—

a

the Commissioner;

b

the persons mentioned in section 43(1).

5

An amended plan must be published as soon as reasonably practicable.

6

A board must send a copy of its amended plan to—

a

the Welsh Ministers;

b

the Commissioner;

c

the Auditor General for Wales;

d

the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee.

45Annual progress reports1

A public services board must prepare and publish a report—

a

no later than 14 months after the publication of its local well-being plan, and

b

subsequently no later than one year after the publication of each previous report under this section.

2

But no report is required under subsection (1)(b) if a local well-being plan is to be published by virtue of section 39(7) (publication of new local well-being plan following election) no later than one year after the publication of the previous report under this section.

3

A report under this section must specify the steps taken since the publication of the board's most recent local well-being plan to meet the objectives set out in the plan.

4

A report under this section may contain such other information as the board considers appropriate.

5

A board must send a copy of each report published under this section to—

a

the Welsh Ministers;

b

the Commissioner;

c

the Auditor General for Wales;

d

the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee.

Consequential modifications
46Modifications of enactments

Schedule 4 contains amendments and repeals in consequence of the provisions of this Part requiring the publication of local well-being assessments (under section 37) and local well-being plans (under section 39).

CHAPTER 3MISCELLANEOUS
47Merging public services boards1

Two or more public services boards may agree to merge if they consider it would assist them in contributing to the achievement of the well-being goals.

2

The Welsh Ministers may direct two or more public services boards to merge if the Welsh Ministers consider it would assist the boards in contributing to the achievement of the well-being goals.

3

But boards may merge only if—

a

the same Local Health Board is a member of each board seeking or being directed to merge, and

b

no other Local Health Board is a member of any of those boards.

4

If two or more boards merge—

a

references in this Part (other than in this section) to a public services board must be construed as references to the merged board, and

b

references in this Part to a local authority area must be construed as references to the combined areas of the local authorities that are members of the merged board.

48Collaboration between public services boards1

Two or more public services boards may agree to collaborate if they consider it would assist them in contributing to the achievement of the well-being goals.

2

The Welsh Ministers may direct two or more public services boards to collaborate in whatever way the Welsh Ministers consider would assist the boards in contributing to the achievement of the well-being goals.

3

For the purposes of this section, a board collaborates if it—

a

co-operates with another board,

b

facilitates the activities of another board,

c

co-ordinates its activities with another board,

d

exercises another board's functions on its behalf, or

e

provides staff, goods, services or accommodation to another board.

49Directions to merge or collaborate1

Before giving a direction under section 47(2) or 48(2) the Welsh Ministers must consult each member of the public services boards they intend to direct.

2

When giving such a direction the Welsh Ministers must publish a statement containing their reasons for giving it.

50Performance indicators and standards1

The Welsh Ministers may by regulations set indicators and standards by reference to which public services boards' performance in exercising functions can be measured.

2

Before making regulations under subsection (1), the Welsh Ministers must consult—

a

the members of the boards or persons appearing to the Welsh Ministers to represent those members;

b

any other persons the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.

51Guidance1

The Welsh Ministers must issue guidance to public services boards about the exercise of functions under this Part.

2

In exercising a function under this Part, a public services board must take such guidance into account.

PART 5FINAL PROVISIONS
52Meaning of “public body”: further provision1

The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, amend section 6(1) by—

a

adding a person,

b

removing a person, or

c

amending the description of a person.

2

But the regulations may amend section 6(1) by adding a person only if that person exercises functions of a public nature.

3

If the regulations amend section 6(1) so as to add a person who has functions of a public nature and other functions, Parts 1 to 3 apply to that person only in relation to those of the person's functions that are of a public nature.

4

Before making regulations that amend section 6(1), the Welsh Ministers must consult—

a

the Commissioner;

b

such other persons as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate;

c

if the regulations amend section 6(1) so as to add a person, that person.

53Power to make consequential etc. provision1

The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make consequential, incidental, supplemental, transitional or saving provision for the purposes of, or in connection with, giving full effect to a provision of this Act.

2

The regulations may (among other things) amend, repeal or revoke an enactment contained in or in an instrument made under—

a

an Act of Parliament;

b

a Measure or Act of the National Assembly (including this Act).

3

The reference in subsection (2) to an enactment includes a reference to an enactment passed or made after the passing of this Act.

4

The power conferred by this section is not restricted by any other provision of this Act.

54Regulations1

A power to make regulations under this Act includes—

a

power to make different provision for different purposes or areas;

b

power to make such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplemental provision as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.

2

Any power of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.

3

A statutory instrument containing provision such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) may, in the case of regulations under section 33(1), 40(3) or 52(1), contain provision amending an enactment contained in or an instrument made under—

a

an Act of Parliament;

b

a Measure or Act of the National Assembly (including this Act).

4

A statutory instrument containing any of the following (whether alone or with any other provision)—

a

regulations under section 40(3) or 52(1),

b

regulations under section 33(1) that amend section 29(2) or 30(1), or

c

regulations under section 53 that amend or repeal a provision of an Act of Parliament or of a Measure or Act of the National Assembly,

may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly.

5

Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly.

6

The reference in subsection (3) to an enactment includes a reference to an enactment passed or made after the passing of this Act.

55Interpretation1

In this Act—

the advisory panel” (“y panel cynghori”) means the panel of advisers established under section 26;

the Commissioner” (“y Comisiynydd”) means the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales;

financial year” (“blwyddyn ariannol”) means the period of 12 months ending with 31 March;

future trends report” (“adroddiad tueddiadau tebygol y dyfodol”) has the meaning given by section 11;

invited participant” (“cyfranogwr gwadd”) has the meaning given by section 30(5);

local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county council or county borough council in Wales;

Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol”) means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c.42);

local objectives” (“amcanion lleol”) means objectives set by a public services board in accordance with section 36(2)(b);

local well-being plan” (“cynllun llesiant lleol”) means a plan published under section 39 or amended and published as amended under section 44(5);

National Assembly” (“Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

national indicators” (“dangosyddion cenedlaethol”) has the meaning given by section 10(1)(a);

other partners” (“partneriaid eraill”), in relation to a public services board, means the bodies mentioned in section 32(1);

overview and scrutiny committee” (“pwyllgor trosolwg a chraffu”) is to be construed in accordance with section 35(4);

police area” (“ardal heddlu”) means an area listed under the heading “Wales” in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (c.16) (police areas outside London);

Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly” (“Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the committee referred to as the “Audit Committee” in section 30 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32);

public body” (“corff cyhoeddus”) has the meaning given by sections 6 and 52;

public services board” (“bwrdd gwasanaethau cyhoeddus”) has the meaning given by sections 29 and 47(4)(a);

sustainable development” (“datblygu cynaliadwy”) has the meaning given by section 2;

sustainable development principle” (“egwyddor datblygu cynaliadwy”) has the meaning given by section 5;

trade union” (“undeb llafur”) has the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52);

well-being goals” (“nodau llesiant”) means the goals specified in section 4;

well-being objectives” (“amcanion llesiant”) means objectives published under section 7 or revised and published as revised under section 8 or 9;

Welsh fire and rescue authority” (“awdurdod tân ac achub”) means the authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21) or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.

2

In Part 4 of this Act a “relevant voluntary organisation” means a body (other than a body that exercises functions of a public nature) whose activities—

a

are carried on otherwise than for profit, and

b

directly or indirectly benefit the whole or any part of a public services board's area.

3

A registered social landlord (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996) that provides housing in the local authority area is a relevant voluntary organisation for the purposes of Part 4 of this Act.

56Commencement1

The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent—

a

sections 53 to 55, this section and section 57;

b

any other provision so far as is necessary for enabling the exercise after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent of any power to make regulations under the Act.

2

The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Welsh Ministers may by order appoint.

3

An order under subsection (2)—

a

may appoint different days for different purposes or areas;

b

may include transitional or saving provision.

4

The power of the Welsh Ministers to make an order under subsection (2) is exercisable by statutory instrument.

57Short title

The short title of this Act is the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.

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<note class="commentary I" eId="c2253091">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/23">S. 23</ref>
partly in force;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/23">s. 23</ref>
in force for specified purposes at 30.4.2015, see
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/56/1/b">s. 56(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary I" eId="c2253092">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/33">S. 33</ref>
partly in force;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/33">s. 33</ref>
in force for specified purposes at 30.4.2015, see
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/56/1/b">s. 56(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary I" eId="c2253093">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/40">S. 40</ref>
partly in force;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/40">s. 40</ref>
in force for specified purposes at 30.4.2015, see
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/56/1/b">s. 56(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary I" eId="c2253094">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/50">S. 50</ref>
partly in force;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/50">s. 50</ref>
in force for specified purposes at 30.4.2015, see
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/56/1/b">s. 56(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary I" eId="c2253095">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/52">S. 52</ref>
partly in force;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/52">s. 52</ref>
in force for specified purposes at 30.4.2015, see
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/anaw/2015/2/section/56/1/b">s. 56(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="key-760613e656ebb2cb16d01188502ebe1b">
<p>
S. 15(2)(3)(6)(a) modified (23.11.2015) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2015/1924">The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 (No. 1924)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2015/1924/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2015/1924/regulation/3">3</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary I" eId="key-865bb02c6e8b5bc8c724b44c49ee3f8c">
<p>
S. 20 in force at 1.2.2016 by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2016/86">S.I. 2016/86</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/wsi/2016/86/article/2">art. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary I" eId="M_I_a5220c1f-24f2-46a6-a869-62f860bb5048">
<p>
S. 9 in force at 1.4.2016 by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/86">S.I. 2016/86</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2016/86/article/3">art. 3</ref>
</p>
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<strong>PART 1</strong>
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<heading>INTRODUCTION</heading>
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<num>1</num>
<heading>Overview</heading>
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<p>This section is an overview of the main provisions of the Act.</p>
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<p>Part 2 of this Act—</p>
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<p>explains what is meant by “sustainable development” and requires public bodies to carry out sustainable development (sections 2 and 3);</p>
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<p>requires the bodies to set well-being objectives that are to contribute to the achievement of well-being goals and to take steps to meet those objectives (section 3)</p>
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<p>explains what the well-being goals are and what it means to do things in accordance with the sustainable development principle (sections 4 and 5);</p>
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<p>requires indicators that measure progress towards achieving the well-being goals (section 10), and reports on future trends in the well-being of Wales (section 11), to be published by the Welsh Ministers;</p>
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<p>provides for the Commissioner to promote the needs of future generations by monitoring and reporting on the extent to which the public bodies are setting and seeking to meet their well-being objectives in accordance with the sustainable development principle (section 18);</p>
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<p>Part 4 of this Act—</p>
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<p>requires boards to improve the well-being of their area by contributing to the well-being goals, which they are to do by assessing well-being in their area, setting local objectives designed to maximise the board's contribution (within its area) to the achievement of the well-being goals and taking steps to meet those objectives (Chapter 2, section 36);</p>
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<strong>PART 2</strong>
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In this Act, “
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<p>An innovative, productive and low carbon society which recognises the limits of the global environment and therefore uses resources efficiently and proportionately (including acting on climate change); and which develops a skilled and well-educated population in an economy which generates wealth and provides employment opportunities, allowing people to take advantage of the wealth generated through securing decent work.</p>
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
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<td rowspan="1" colspan="1">
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In this Act, any reference to a public body doing something “
<term refersTo="#term-in-accordance-with-the-sustainable-development-principle">in accordance with the sustainable development principle</term>
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<p>the importance of balancing short term needs with the need to safeguard the ability to meet long term needs, especially where things done to meet short term needs may have detrimental long term effect;</p>
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</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-5-2-b-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>the body's well-being objectives impact upon each other or upon other public bodies' objectives, in particular where steps taken by the body may contribute to meeting one objective but may be detrimental to meeting another;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-5-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<intro>
<p>the importance of involving other persons with an interest in achieving the well-being goals and of ensuring those persons reflect the diversity of the population of⁠—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-5-2-c-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>Wales (where the body exercises functions in relation to the whole of Wales), or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-5-2-c-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>the part of Wales in relation to which the body exercises functions;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-5-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>how acting in collaboration with any other person (or how different parts of the body acting together) could assist the body to meet its well-being objectives, or assist another body to meet its objectives;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-5-2-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>how deploying resources to prevent problems occurring or getting worse may contribute to meeting the body's well-being objectives, or another body's objectives.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-6" period="#period13">
<num>6</num>
<heading>Meaning of “public body”</heading>
<subsection eId="section-6-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this Part and Part 3 of this Act, each of the following persons is a “public body”—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Welsh Ministers;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a local authority;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>a Local Health Board;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<intro>
<p>
the following
<abbr class="Acronym" title="National Health Service">NHS</abbr>
Trusts—
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-6-1-d-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>Public Health Wales;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-6-1-d-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>Velindre;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>a Welsh fire and rescue authority;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>the Natural Resources Body for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>the Arts Council of Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-j">
<num>j</num>
<content>
<p>the Sports Council for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-k">
<num>k</num>
<content>
<p>the National Library of Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-6-1-l">
<num>l</num>
<content>
<p>the National Museum of Wales.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Section 52 enables the Welsh Ministers to amend the meaning of a “public body”.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-6-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Chapter 1 of Part 4 provides for persons who are listed as public bodies in subsection (1) (as well as certain other persons who exercise functions of a public nature) to be either members, invited participants or other partners of the public services boards established under that Part.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-wellbeing-objectives" period="#period3">
<heading>
<em>Well-being objectives</em>
</heading>
<section eId="section-7" period="#period16">
<num>7</num>
<heading>Statements about well-being objectives</heading>
<subsection eId="section-7-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>When publishing the well-being objectives (including well-being objectives revised under section 8 or 9) a public body must also publish a statement—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-7-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>explaining why the body considers that meeting the objectives will contribute to the achievement of the well-being goals;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<intro>
<p>explaining why the public body considers it has set well-being objectives in accordance with the sustainable development principle, including how the body proposes to involve other persons with an interest in achieving the well-being goals and ensure that those persons reflect the diversity of the population of—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-7-1-b-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>Wales (where the body exercises functions in relation to the whole of Wales), or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-7-1-b-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>the part of Wales in relation to which the body exercises functions;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>setting out the steps the public body proposes to take to meet those objectives in accordance with the principle (including how it proposes to govern itself, how it will keep the steps under review and how it proposes to ensure that resources are allocated annually for the purpose of taking such steps);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>specifying the periods of time within which the body expects to meet the objectives;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-7-1-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>providing such other information as the body considers appropriate about taking the steps and meeting the objectives.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-7-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The well-being objectives of a public body that is also a member of a public services board may be included in that board's local well-being plan (see Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 4).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-8" period="#period16">
<num>8</num>
<heading>Welsh Ministers' well-being objectives</heading>
<subsection eId="section-8-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Welsh Ministers' well-being objectives must be set and published—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-8-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>no later than 6 months after the date on which the first general election is held following the commencement of this section, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>no later than 6 months after the date of each subsequent general election.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The Welsh Ministers' well-being objectives must be set for the period—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-8-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>beginning with the day specified for that purpose in the statement published under section 7(1), and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>ending with the day of the next ordinary general election under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>If the well-being goals are amended, the Welsh Ministers must review their well-being objectives.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>If, on a review under subsection (3), the Welsh Ministers determine that one or more of their well-being objectives are no longer appropriate, they must revise the objective or objectives concerned.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may at any other time review and revise their well-being objectives.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>Well-being objectives revised under subsection (4) or (5) must be set for the remainder of the period referred to in subsection (2).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>Where the Welsh Ministers revise their well-being objectives under subsection (4) or (5), they must publish them as soon as is reasonably practicable.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-8">
<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>In setting or revising their well-being objectives, the Welsh Ministers must take into account the Commissioner's report under section 23.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-8-9">
<num>9</num>
<intro>
<p>
In subsection (1), “
<term refersTo="#term-general-election">general election</term>
” means—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-8-9-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the poll held at an ordinary general election under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32), or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-8-9-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the poll held at an extraordinary general election under section 5 of that Act.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-9" period="#period19">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_I_a5220c1f-24f2-46a6-a869-62f860bb5048" marker="I7" class="commentary I"/>
9
</num>
<heading>Other public bodies' well-being objectives</heading>
<subsection eId="section-9-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>In this section references to a public body do not include the Welsh Ministers .</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>A public body's well-being objectives must be set and published—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-9-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>no later than the beginning of the financial year following the commencement of this section, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-9-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>at such subsequent times as the body considers appropriate.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>If the well-being goals are amended, a public body must review its well-being objectives.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>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.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>A public body may at any other time review and revise its well-being objectives.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>Where a public body revises its well-being objectives under subsection (3) or (4), it must publish them as soon as is reasonably practicable.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-9-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>In setting or revising its well-being objectives, a public body must take into account the Commissioner's report under section 23.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-measuring-performance-towards-achieving-the-goals" period="#period11">
<heading>
<em>Measuring performance towards achieving the goals</em>
</heading>
<section eId="section-10" period="#period9">
<num>10</num>
<heading>National indicators and annual well-being report</heading>
<subsection eId="section-10-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Welsh Ministers must—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-10-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>publish indicators (“national indicators”) that must be applied for the purpose of measuring progress towards the achievement of the well-being goals, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-10-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>lay a copy of the national indicators before the National Assembly.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>A national indicator—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-10-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>must be expressed as a value or characteristic that can be measured quantitatively or qualitatively against a particular outcome;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-10-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>may be measured over such period of time as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-10-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>may be measurable in relation to Wales or any part of Wales.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers must set milestones in relation to the national indicators which the Welsh Ministers consider would assist in measuring whether progress is being made towards the achievement of the well-being goals.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>In setting a milestone the Welsh Ministers must specify—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-10-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the criteria for determining whether the milestone has been achieved (by reference to the value or characteristic by which the indicator is measured), and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-10-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the time by which the milestone is to be achieved.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>If the well-being goals are amended, the Welsh Ministers must review the national indicators and milestones.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>If, on a review under subsection (5), the Welsh Ministers determine that one or more of the national indicators or milestones are no longer appropriate, they must revise it or them.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may at any other time review and revise the national indicators and milestones.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-8">
<num>8</num>
<intro>
<p>Where the Welsh Ministers revise the national indicators and milestones under subsection (6) or (7), they must as soon as reasonably practicable—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-10-8-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>publish the indicators and milestones as revised, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-10-8-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>lay a copy of them before the National Assembly.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-9">
<num>9</num>
<intro>
<p>Before publishing national indicators and milestones (including indicators and milestones revised under subsection (6) or (7)), the Welsh Ministers must consult—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-10-9-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-10-9-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the other public bodies;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-10-9-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>such other persons as they consider appropriate.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-10">
<num>10</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers must, in respect of each financial year beginning after the date on which national indicators are published under subsection (1), publish a report (an “annual well-being report”) on the progress made towards the achievement of the well-being goals by reference to the national indicators and milestones.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-10-11">
<num>11</num>
<content>
<p>An annual well-being report under subsection (10) must specify the periods of time to which the measurement of each indicator relates.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-11" period="#period17">
<num>11</num>
<heading>Future trends report</heading>
<subsection eId="section-11-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Welsh Ministers must, during the period of 12 months beginning with the date of a general election, publish a report (a “future trends report”) that contains—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-11-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>predictions of likely future trends in the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-11-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>any related analytical data and information that the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-11-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In preparing a future trends report the Welsh Ministers must—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-11-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
take account of any action taken by the United Nations in relation to the
<abbr class="Acronym" title="United Nations">UN</abbr>
Sustainable Development Goals and assess the potential impact of that action on the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales, and
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-11-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>take account of the report containing an assessment of the risks for the United Kingdom of the current and predicted impact of climate change most recently sent to the Welsh Ministers under section 56(6) of the Climate Change Act 2008 (c.27).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-11-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
In subsection (2)(a), “
<term refersTo="#term-un-sustainable-development-goals">
<abbr class="Acronym" title="United Nations">UN</abbr>
Sustainable Development Goals
</term>
” means the draft goals proposed in the report of the United Nations Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (
<abbr class="Acronym" title="United Nations">UN</abbr>
document reference A/68/970) referred to in
<abbr class="Acronym" title="United Nations">UN</abbr>
resolution 68/309 which was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10 September 2014.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-11-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (1), the reference to the date of a general election is to the date on which an ordinary general election is held under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) (or would be apart from section 5(5) of that Act).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-12" period="#period16">
<num>12</num>
<heading>Annual reports by the Welsh Ministers</heading>
<subsection eId="section-12-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Welsh Ministers must—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-12-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>publish, in respect of each financial year, a report of the progress they have made towards meeting their well-being objectives, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-12-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>lay a copy of the report before the National Assembly.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-12-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In preparing a report under this section, the Welsh Ministers must review their well-being objectives.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-12-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>If, on a review under subsection (2), the Welsh Ministers determine that one or more of their well-being objectives are no longer appropriate, they must revise the objective or objectives concerned and publish the revised objective or objectives as soon as practicable.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-12-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Where the Welsh Ministers revise one or more of their objectives under subsection (3), the report must include an explanation of the revision and the reasons for making it.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-12-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>A report under this section must be published and laid before the National Assembly as soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the financial year to which the report relates.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-13" period="#period16">
<num>13</num>
<heading>Annual reports by other public bodies</heading>
<subsection eId="section-13-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Schedule 1 makes provision requiring each public body other than the Welsh Ministers to publish annual reports of the progress it has made in meeting its well-being objectives.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-13-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In preparing a report under Schedule 1, or under a provision amended by that Schedule, a public body must review its well-being objectives.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-13-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>If, on a review under subsection (2), 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 and publish the revised objective or objectives as soon as practicable.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-13-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Where a public body revises one or more of its objectives under subsection (3), the report must include an explanation of the revision and the reasons for making it.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-guidance" period="#period9">
<heading>
<em>Guidance</em>
</heading>
<section eId="section-14" period="#period9">
<num>14</num>
<heading>Guidance</heading>
<subsection eId="section-14-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers must issue guidance to other public bodies about the exercise of functions under this Part.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-14-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In exercising a function under this Part, a public body must take such guidance into account.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-role-of-the-auditor-general-for-wales" period="#period22">
<heading>
<em>Role of the Auditor General for Wales</em>
</heading>
<section eId="section-15" period="#period22">
<num>15</num>
<heading>The sustainable development principle: Auditor General's examinations</heading>
<subsection eId="section-15-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Auditor General for Wales may carry out examinations of public bodies for the purposes of assessing the extent to which a body has acted in accordance with the sustainable development principle when—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-15-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>setting well-being objectives, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-15-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>taking steps to meet those objectives.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-15-2">
<num>
2
<noteRef href="#key-760613e656ebb2cb16d01188502ebe1b" marker="C1" class="commentary C"/>
</num>
<content>
<p>The Auditor General must carry out such an examination of each public body at least once during the period mentioned in subsection (6).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-15-3">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-760613e656ebb2cb16d01188502ebe1b" marker="C1" class="commentary C"/>
3
</num>
<content>
<p>Before the end of the period mentioned in subsection (6), the Auditor General must report on the results of the examinations carried out under subsection (1) during that period to the National Assembly.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-15-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The Auditor General must lay any report prepared under subsection (3) before the National Assembly.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-15-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>In carrying out an examination under subsection (1), the Auditor General must—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-15-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>take into account any advice or assistance given to the public body, or any review of and recommendations made to the body, by the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales (see Part 3), and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-15-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>consult the Commissioner.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-15-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>The period referred to in subsections (2) and (3)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-15-6-a">
<num>
a
<noteRef href="#key-760613e656ebb2cb16d01188502ebe1b" marker="C1" class="commentary C"/>
</num>
<content>
<p>begins on the date falling one year before the date on which an ordinary general election is to be held under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-15-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>ends on the date falling one day and one year before the date on which the next such election is to be held.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-2-crossheading-promotion-of-sustainable-development" period="#period16">
<heading>
<em>Promotion of sustainable development</em>
</heading>
<section eId="section-16" period="#period16">
<num>16</num>
<heading>Promotion of sustainable development</heading>
<content>
<p>For section 79 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) (sustainable development) substitute—</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="primary unknown main default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<section eId="d4e1215">
<num>79</num>
<heading>Sustainable development</heading>
<subsection eId="d4e1219">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers must, in the exercise of their functions, make appropriate arrangements to promote sustainable development.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d4e1225">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>After each financial year the Welsh Ministers must publish a report containing a statement of the arrangements made in pursuance of subsection (1) that had effect during that financial year and must lay a copy of the report before the Assembly.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d4e1231">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The arrangements referred to in subsection (1) may be made by the Welsh Ministers exercising their functions under section (2) of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (duty of Welsh public bodies to set objectives and take steps to meet them in accordance with the sustainable development principle).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">.</inline>
</p>
</content>
</section>
</hcontainer>
</part>
<part eId="part-3" period="#period5">
<num>
<strong>PART 3</strong>
</num>
<heading>THE FUTURE GENERATIONS COMMISSIONER FOR WALES</heading>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-3-crossheading-the-commissioner" period="#period10">
<heading>
<em>The </em>
Commissioner
</heading>
<section eId="section-17" period="#period9">
<num>17</num>
<heading>Future Generations Commissioner for Wales</heading>
<subsection eId="section-17-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>There is to be a Future Generations Commissioner for Wales (referred to in this Act as the “Commissioner”).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-17-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The Commissioner is to be an individual appointed by the Welsh Ministers.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-17-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Before making the appointment under subsection (2), the Welsh Ministers must consult with the National Assembly through its responsible committee.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-17-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Schedule 2 makes further provision about the Commissioner.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-18" period="#period14">
<num>18</num>
<heading>Commissioner's general duty</heading>
<intro>
<p>The general duty of the Commissioner is—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-18-a">
<num>a</num>
<intro>
<p>to promote the sustainable development principle, in particular to—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-18-a-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>act as a guardian of the ability of future generations to meet their needs, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-18-a-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>encourage public bodies to take greater account of the long-term impact of the things that they do, and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-18-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>for that purpose to monitor and assess the extent to which well-being objectives set by public bodies are being met.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-3-crossheading-the-commissioners-functions" period="#period5">
<heading>
<em>The </em>
Commissioner
<em>'s functions</em>
</heading>
<section eId="section-19" period="#period14">
<num>19</num>
<heading>Commissioner's functions</heading>
<subsection eId="section-19-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Commissioner may, in carrying out the Commissioner's general duty—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-19-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>provide advice or assistance to a public body (which includes providing advice on climate change);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-19-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>provide advice to the Auditor General for Wales on the sustainable development principle;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-19-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>provide advice or assistance to a public services board in relation to the preparation of its local well-being plan (see section 42);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-19-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>provide advice or assistance to any other person who the Commissioner considers is taking (or wishes to take) steps that may contribute to the achievement of the well-being goals;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-19-1-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>encourage best practice amongst public bodies in taking steps to meet their well-being objectives in accordance with the sustainable development principle;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-19-1-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>promote awareness amongst public bodies of the need to take steps to meet their well-being objectives in accordance with the sustainable development principle;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-19-1-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>encourage public bodies to work with each other and with other persons if this could assist them to meet their well-being objectives;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-19-1-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>seek the advice of an advisory panel (see section 26) in relation to the exercise of any of the Commissioner's functions.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-19-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The Commissioner may undertake research or other study into—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-19-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the extent to which the well-being goals and national indicators are consistent with the sustainable development principle,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-19-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the extent to which the sustainable development principle is taken into account in the national indicators,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-19-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the sustainable development principle itself (including how it is applied to setting and meeting objectives), and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-19-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>anything related to any of those things that impacts upon the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of Wales (or any part of Wales).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-19-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>References in this section to providing assistance to a public body do not include providing financial assistance.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-20" period="#period14">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-865bb02c6e8b5bc8c724b44c49ee3f8c" marker="I6" class="commentary I"/>
20
</num>
<heading>Reviews by the Commissioner</heading>
<subsection eId="section-20-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Commissioner may conduct a review into the extent to which a public body is safeguarding the ability of future generations to meet their needs by taking account of the long term impact of things the body does under section 3.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-20-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In conducting a review, the Commissioner may review—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-20-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the steps the body has taken or proposes to take to meet its well-being objectives;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-20-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the extent to which the body is meeting its well-being objectives;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-20-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>whether a body has set well-being objectives and taken steps to meet them in accordance with the sustainable development principle.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-20-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>In conducting a review, the Commissioner must have regard to any examination of the body carried out by the Auditor General for Wales under section 15.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-20-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>In conducting a review, the Commissioner may make recommendations to the public body about—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-20-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the steps the body has taken or proposes to take to meet its well-being objectives;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-20-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>how to set well-being objectives and take steps to meet them in accordance with the sustainable development principle.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-20-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>The Commissioner may conduct a single review of two or more public bodies.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-20-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>The Commissioner must publish a report of a review (including any recommendations made) and send a copy of it to the Welsh Ministers.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-20-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>In conducting a review, the Commissioner may require a public body to provide such information as the Commissioner considers relevant to the review.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-20-8">
<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>But a public body is not required to provide information to the Commissioner if the body is prohibited from providing it by virtue of an enactment or any other rule of law.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-21" period="#period14">
<num>21</num>
<heading>Recommendations made by the Commissioner</heading>
<subsection eId="section-21-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>In providing advice or assistance to the Welsh Ministers, the Commissioner may also make recommendations to the Ministers about the well-being goals or the national indicators.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-21-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>If the Commissioner makes recommendations under this section, the Commissioner must publish those recommendations.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-22" period="#period10">
<num>22</num>
<heading>Duty to follow recommendations</heading>
<subsection eId="section-22-1" period="#period2">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A public body must take all reasonable steps to follow the course of action set out in a recommendation made to it by the Commissioner under section 20(4) unless—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-22-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the public body is satisfied that there is good reason for it not to follow the recommendation in particular categories of case or at all, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-22-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>it decides on an alternative course of action in respect of the subject matter of the recommendation.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-22-2" period="#period1">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may issue guidance to other public bodies about how to respond to a recommendation made by the Commissioner.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-22-3" period="#period1">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>In deciding how to respond to such a recommendation, a public body must take such guidance into account.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-22-4" period="#period2">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>A public body must publish its response to a recommendation made by the Commissioner and if the body does not follow a recommendation, the response must include the body's reasons for that and explain what alternative course of action, if any, it proposes to take.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-23" period="#period6">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c2253091" marker="I1" class="commentary I"/>
23
</num>
<heading>Future Generations report</heading>
<subsection eId="section-23-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Commissioner must prepare and publish, before the end of each reporting period, a report containing the Commissioner's assessment of the improvements public bodies should make in order to set and meet well-being objectives in accordance with the sustainable development principle.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-23-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The Commissioner's report must include, in particular, an assessment of how public bodies should—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-23-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>better safeguard the ability of future generations to meet their needs, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-23-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>take greater account of the long-term impact of the things that they do.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-23-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>In this section and section 24, the “reporting period” is the period—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-23-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>beginning with the day after that on which a future trends report under section 11 is published, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-23-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>ending on the day before the date falling one year before the date on which the poll is to be held at the next general election under section 3 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-23-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>In addition to the assessment mentioned in subsection (1), a report under this section must also include—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-23-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a summary of the evidence gathered and activities undertaken by the Commissioner during the reporting period (see section 24);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-23-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a summary of the reviews conducted by the Commissioner during the reporting period (see section 20);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-23-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>a summary of any other action taken by the Commissioner during the reporting period in the exercise of the Commissioner's functions.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-23-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>A report under this section may include—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-23-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>an account of any research or other study undertaken under section 19(2);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-23-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>any other information the Commissioner considers appropriate.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-23-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>The Commissioner must send the Welsh Ministers a copy of a report published under this section.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-23-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers must lay a copy of a report sent to them under subsection (6) before the National Assembly.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-23-8">
<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend the reporting period.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-24" period="#period14">
<num>24</num>
<heading>Future Generations report: activity during the reporting period</heading>
<subsection eId="section-24-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>During a reporting period (but before the report under section 23 is published) the Commissioner must consult—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-24-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the advisory panel (see section 26);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-24-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>each public body;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-24-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>representatives of voluntary organisations in Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-24-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>any other person who the Commissioner considers is taking steps (or wishes to take steps) that may contribute to the achievement of the well-being goals;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-24-1-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>representatives of persons resident in each local authority area in Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-24-1-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>representatives of persons carrying on business in Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-24-1-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>trade unions representing workers in Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-24-1-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>any other person the Commissioner considers appropriate to ensure that economic, social, environmental and cultural interests are fully represented.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-24-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In preparing a report under section 23 the Commissioner must (in addition to taking into account representations made by the persons consulted under subsection (1)) take into account—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-24-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>each annual well-being report under section 10(10) published during the reporting period;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-24-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the future trends report published under section 11 on the day before the beginning of the reporting period;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-24-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>relevant reports of the Auditor General for Wales.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-3-crossheading-joint-working" period="#period15">
<heading>
<em>Joint working</em>
</heading>
<section eId="section-25" period="#period15">
<num>25</num>
<heading>Joint working</heading>
<subsection eId="section-25-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>This section applies if the Commissioner intends to conduct a review of a body under section 20 and it appears to the Commissioner that such a review relates to a matter that is the same as, or substantially similar to, the subject matter of—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-25-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a review under section 72B of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14) by the Children's Commissioner for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-25-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a review under section 3 of the Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006 (c.30) by the Commissioner for Older People in Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-25-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>an inquiry under section 7 of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1) by the Welsh Language Commissioner.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-25-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The Commissioner may—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-25-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>inform the other Commissioner about the intention to conduct the review, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-25-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>consult the other Commissioner about the review.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-25-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>The Commissioners may—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-25-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>co-operate with each other;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-25-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<intro>
<p>jointly prepare and publish a document that is to be treated as both—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-25-3-b-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>the report of the review required by section 20(6), and</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-25-3-b-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>a report of the review or inquiry referred to in subsection (1) of this section.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-3-crossheading-advisory-panel-to-the-commissioner" period="#period9">
<heading>
<em>Advisory panel to the </em>
Commissioner
</heading>
<section eId="section-26" period="#period9">
<num>26</num>
<heading>Advisory panel</heading>
<subsection eId="section-26-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>There is to be a panel of advisers (the “advisory panel”) for the purpose of providing advice to the Commissioner on the exercise of the Commissioner's functions.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-26-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The members of the advisory panel are—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-26-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Children's Commissioner for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-26-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the Welsh Language Commissioner;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-26-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner for Older People in Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-26-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>the member of staff of the Welsh Government designated by the Welsh Ministers as the Chief Medical Officer for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-26-2-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>the chairperson of the Natural Resources Body for Wales or another non-executive member of that body selected by the chairperson;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-26-2-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>an officer of the body representing trade unions in Wales known as Wales TUC Cymru nominated by that body;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-26-2-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>the chairperson, director or similar officer as the Welsh Ministers may appoint of a body representing persons carrying on business in Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-26-2-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>such other person as the Welsh Ministers may appoint.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-27" period="#period9">
<num>27</num>
<heading>Appointed members</heading>
<subsection eId="section-27-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Before appointing a member under section 26(2)(h), the Welsh Ministers must consult the Commissioner.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-27-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>An appointed member holds office for a period of no less than 3 years and no more than 5 years as the Welsh Ministers may determine.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-27-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>An appointed member may be reappointed once for a further period of no less than 3 years and no more than 5 years (whether or not this period runs consecutively from the member's first appointment).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-27-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may pay remuneration to appointed members.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-27-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>An appointed member may resign from the panel by giving the Welsh Ministers not less than 3 months' notice in writing of the member's intention to do so.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-27-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may following consultation with the Commissioner dismiss an appointed member if satisfied that the member—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-27-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>is unfit to continue as a panel member, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-27-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>is unable or unwilling to act as a member.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-28" period="#period9">
<num>28</num>
<heading>Payment of panel members' expenses</heading>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may pay allowances (including travelling and subsistence allowances) and gratuities to the members of the advisory panel.</p>
</content>
</section>
</hcontainer>
</part>
<part eId="part-4" period="#period5">
<num>
<strong>PART 4</strong>
</num>
<heading>PUBLIC SERVICES BOARDS</heading>
<chapter eId="part-4-chapter-1" period="#period7">
<num>CHAPTER 1</num>
<heading>ESTABLISHMENT, PARTICIPATION AND SCRUTINY</heading>
<section eId="section-29" period="#period16">
<num>29</num>
<heading>Public services boards</heading>
<subsection eId="section-29-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>There is to be a public services board for each local authority area in Wales.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-29-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The members of each board are—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-29-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the local authority;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-29-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the Local Health Board for an area any part of which falls within the local authority area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-29-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the Welsh fire and rescue authority for an area any part of which falls within the local authority area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-29-2-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>the Natural Resources Body for Wales.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-29-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>In this Part, a reference to a “public services board” (or “board”) is a reference to the members of that board acting jointly; accordingly, a function expressed as a function of a public services board is a function of each member of the board that may only be exercised jointly with the other members.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-30" period="#period16">
<num>30</num>
<heading>Invitations to participate</heading>
<subsection eId="section-30-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A public services board for a local authority area must invite the following persons to participate in the activity of the board—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-30-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Welsh Ministers;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-30-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the chief constable of the police force for a police area any part of which falls within the local authority area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-30-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the police and crime commissioner for a police area any part of which falls within the local authority area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-30-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>a person required by arrangements under section 3(2) of the Offender Management Act 2007 (c.21) to provide probation services in relation to the local authority area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-30-1-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>at least one body representing relevant voluntary organisations (whether or not the body is known as a County Voluntary Council).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-30-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Each board may invite any other person who exercises functions of a public nature to participate in the activity of the board, even if that person also exercises other functions.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-30-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>In this section and section 31, a reference to participating in the activity of a public services board is a reference to working jointly with the board, any member of it or any other person who accepts an invitation to participate under this section, on anything the board does under section 36 (Well-being duty on public services boards).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-30-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>
In subsection (3), “
<term refersTo="#term-working-jointly">working jointly</term>
” includes—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-30-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<intro>
<p>making representations to the board about the content of—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-30-4-a-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>an assessment under section 37, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-30-4-a-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>a local well-being plan, a draft plan or proposed amendments to a plan (see sections 43(1) and 44(4)),</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-30-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>taking part in meetings of the board (which includes, upon the invitation of the members of the board and subject to paragraphs 2(1) and 3(1) of Schedule 3, chairing meetings), and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-30-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>providing other advice and assistance to the board.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-30-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>A person who accepts an invitation to participate in the activity of a public services board⁠—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-30-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
is referred to in this Part as an “
<term refersTo="#term-invited-participant">invited participant</term>
”; but
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-30-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>does not become a member of the board by virtue of accepting the invitation.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-30-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>The reference in subsection (4)(c) to providing assistance does not include providing financial assistance.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-31" period="#period16">
<num>31</num>
<heading>Invitations to participate: issue, response and duration of participation</heading>
<subsection eId="section-31-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>An invitation under section 30(1) must be issued as soon as is reasonably practicable following—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-31-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the first meeting of a public services board (see paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3), and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-31-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>each meeting held under paragraph 3(1) of that Schedule.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-31-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>An invitation under section 30(1) or (2)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-31-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>may be in such form as the board determines; but</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-31-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>must specify the person to whom a response is to be sent.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-31-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>An invited participant may participate in the activity of a board in the period—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-31-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>beginning with the date on which the response accepting the invitation is received by the person to whom it is to be sent, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-31-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>ending on the date on which the next ordinary election is held under section 26 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c.70) (election of councillors).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-32" period="#period20">
<num>32</num>
<heading>Other partners</heading>
<subsection eId="section-32-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A public services board's other partners are—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-32-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>a community council for a community in an area which (or any part of which) falls within the local authority area (but see also section 40);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-32-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
the Public Health Wales
<abbr class="Acronym" title="National Health Service">NHS</abbr>
trust;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-32-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>a Community Health Council for an area which (or any part of which) falls within the local authority area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-32-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>a National Park authority for a National Park in Wales any part of which falls within the local authority area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-32-1-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-32-1-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>an institution in the further education sector or the higher education sector situated in whole or in part within the local authority area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-32-1-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>the Arts Council of Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-32-1-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>the Sports Council for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-32-1-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>the National Library of Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-32-1-j">
<num>j</num>
<content>
<p>the National Museum of Wales.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-32-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>In exercising its functions, a board—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-32-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>must seek advice from its other partners, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-32-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>must otherwise involve them in such manner and to such extent as it considers appropriate.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-32-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
In subsection (1)(f), “
<term refersTo="#term-further-education-sector">further education sector</term>
” and “
<term refersTo="#term-higher-education-sector">higher education sector</term>
” have the same meaning as in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13).
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-33" period="#period7">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c2253092" marker="I2" class="commentary I"/>
33
</num>
<heading>Changes in participation</heading>
<subsection eId="section-33-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, amend section 29(2), 30(1) or 32(1) by—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-33-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>adding a person,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-33-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>removing a person, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-33-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>amending the description of a person.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-33-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>But the Welsh Ministers may amend section 29(2), 30(1) or 32(1) by adding a person only if that person exercises functions of a public nature.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-33-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>If the Welsh Ministers amend section 29(2), 30(1) or 32(1) so as to add a person who has functions of a public nature and other functions, this Part applies to that person only in relation to those of the person's functions that are of a public nature.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-33-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Before making regulations under subsection (1), the Welsh Ministers must consult—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-33-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the members, invited participants and other partners of the public services board to which the proposed regulations relate, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-33-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if such regulations are to amend section 29(2), 30(1) or 32(1) so as to add a person, that person.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-34" period="#period16">
<num>34</num>
<heading>Meetings and terms of reference</heading>
<content>
<p>Schedule 3 makes further provision about public services boards (including provision about their meetings and terms of reference).</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-35" period="#period16">
<num>35</num>
<heading>Overview and scrutiny committee of local authority</heading>
<subsection eId="section-35-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Executive arrangements by a local authority under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22) must ensure that its overview and scrutiny committee has power—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-35-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>to review or scrutinise decisions made, t or other action taken, by the public services board for the local authority area in the exercise of its functions;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-35-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>to review or scrutinise the board's governance arrangements;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-35-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>to make reports or recommendations to the board with respect to the board's functions or governance arrangements;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-35-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>to consider such matters relating to the board as the Welsh Ministers may refer to it and to report to the Welsh Ministers accordingly;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-35-1-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>to carry out such other functions in relation to the board as are imposed on it by this Act.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-35-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>An overview and scrutiny committee must send a copy of any report or recommendation made under subsection (1)(c) to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-35-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Welsh Ministers;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-35-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-35-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the Auditor General for Wales.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-35-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>An overview and scrutiny committee may, for the purpose of exercising a power mentioned in subsection (1), require one or more of the persons who may attend a meeting of the public services board (see paragraph 7 of Schedule 3), or anyone designated by such a person, to attend a meeting of the committee and provide it with explanations of such matters as it may specify.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-35-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Where a local authority has more than one overview and scrutiny committee, the references in this Part to its overview and scrutiny committee are to the committee that the local authority designates for the purposes of this section.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</chapter>
<chapter eId="part-4-chapter-2" period="#period5">
<num>CHAPTER 2</num>
<heading>IMPROVING LOCAL WELL-BEING</heading>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-4-chapter-2-crossheading-wellbeing-duty-on-public-services-boards" period="#period16">
<heading>
<em>Well-being duty on public services boards</em>
</heading>
<section eId="section-36" period="#period16">
<num>36</num>
<heading>Well-being duty on public services boards</heading>
<subsection eId="section-36-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Each public services board must improve the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of its area by contributing to the achievement of the well-being goals.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-36-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>A public services board's contribution to the achievement of the goals must include—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-36-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>assessing the state of economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being in its area (see sections 37 and 38),</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-36-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>setting objectives (“local objectives”) that are designed to maximise its contribution within its area to achieving those goals, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-36-2-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the taking of all reasonable steps by members of the board (in exercising their functions) to meet those objectives (but see section 39(2)(b)).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-36-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Anything a public services board does under this section must be done in accordance with the sustainable development principle.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-36-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Sections 39 to 45 make provision about local well-being plans including provision requiring public services boards to set out in such plans their local objectives and the steps they propose to take to meet them.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-4-chapter-2-crossheading-local-wellbeing-assessments" period="#period17">
<heading>
<em>Local well-being assessments</em>
</heading>
<section eId="section-37" period="#period18">
<num>37</num>
<heading>Assessments of local well-being</heading>
<subsection eId="section-37-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A public services board must prepare and publish an assessment of the state of economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being in its area.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-37-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Each board must publish the assessment no later than one year before the date on which a local well-being plan is to be published under subsection (6) or (7) of section 39.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-37-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>An assessment must—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-37-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>set out which community areas comprise the area of the board;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>include an analysis of the state of well-being in each community area and in the area as a whole;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>include an analysis of the state of well-being of the people in the area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-3-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>include any further analysis that the board carries out by reference to criteria set and applied by it for the purpose of assessing economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being in the area or in any community situated in the area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-3-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>include predictions of likely future trends in the economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being of the area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-3-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>include any other related analytical data and information that the board considers appropriate.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-37-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>An analysis referred to in subsection (3)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-37-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>must refer to any national indicators published under section 10;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>must refer to a future trends reports under section 11 to the extent that it is relevant to the assessment of well-being in the area.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-37-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>The community areas that comprise the area of a board are to be determined—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-37-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in accordance with regulations made by the Welsh Ministers, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if no such regulations have been made, by the board.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-37-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>The analysis referred to in subsection (3)(c) may include analyses of particular categories of persons determined by the board by reference to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-37-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the fact that persons are vulnerable or otherwise disadvantaged for the same or similar reasons;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the persons possessing a common protected characteristic within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Equality Act 2010 (c.15);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-6-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the persons being children (persons under the age of 18);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-6-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>the persons being young people entitled to support under sections 105 to 115 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4) as described in section 104 of that Act;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-6-e">
<num>e</num>
<intro>
<p>whether the persons—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-37-6-e-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>may have need for care and support (as described in Part 3 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014) (anaw 4)); or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-37-6-e-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>provide or intend to provide care and support for persons who may need it;</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-6-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>any other common factor the Board considers appropriate in describing a category of persons.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-37-7">
<num>7</num>
<intro>
<p>Each board must send a copy of its assessment to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-37-7-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Welsh Ministers;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-7-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-7-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the Auditor General for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-37-7-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-38" period="#period17">
<num>38</num>
<heading>Preparation of assessments</heading>
<subsection eId="section-38-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Before publishing its assessment under section 37, a public services board must consult—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-38-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the board's invited participants;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>its other partners;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>such of the persons who received but did not accept an invitation from the board under section 30 as the board considers appropriate;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-1-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-1-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>any relevant voluntary organisation as the board considers appropriate;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-1-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>representatives of persons resident in its area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-1-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>representatives of persons carrying on business in its area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-1-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>trade unions representing workers in its area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-1-j">
<num>j</num>
<content>
<p>such persons with an interest in the maintenance and enhancement of natural resources in the board's area, as the board considers appropriate;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-1-k">
<num>k</num>
<content>
<p>any other persons who, in the opinion of the board, are interested in the improvement of the area's economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-38-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>As part of the consultation under subsection (1), each board must provide each consultee with a draft of its assessment.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-38-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>In preparing its assessment, each board must take each of the following into account—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-38-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the report containing an assessment of the risks for the United Kingdom of the current and predicted impact of climate change most recently sent to the Welsh Ministers under section 56(6) of the Climate Change Act 2008 (c.27);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the most recent review of the sufficiency of nursery education provision for the local authority area carried out under section 119(5)(a) of the School Standards and Frameworks Act 1998 (c.31);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the most recent assessment of the sufficiency of the provision of childcare in the local authority area carried out in accordance with regulations made under section 26(1) of the Childcare Act 2006 (c.21);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-3-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>the most recent assessment of the sufficiency of play opportunities in the local authority area carried out under section 11(1) of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 1);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-3-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>the most recent assessment carried out by the local authority in conjunction with a Local Health Board under section 14 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4) (assessment of needs for care and support, support for carers and preventative services);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-3-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>the most recent strategic assessment prepared in accordance with regulations under section 6 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37) relating to reducing crime and disorder in the local authority area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-3-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>the most recent strategic assessment prepared in accordance with regulations under that section relating to combating substance misuse in the local authority area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-3-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>the most recent strategic assessment prepared in accordance with regulations under that section relating to the reduction of reoffending in the local authority area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-38-3-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>such other review or assessment in relation to the local authority area as may be prescribed by the Welsh Ministers in regulations (or such other analysis as may be designated in such regulations as a review or assessment for the purposes of this section).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-4-chapter-2-crossheading-local-wellbeing-plans" period="#period5">
<heading>
<em>Local well-being plans</em>
</heading>
<section eId="section-39" period="#period18">
<num>39</num>
<heading>Local well-being plans</heading>
<subsection eId="section-39-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A public services board must prepare and publish a plan (a “local well-being plan”) setting out its local objectives and the steps it proposes to take to meet them.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-39-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The plan may include objectives—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-39-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>that are also well-being objectives published under Part 2 by a member of the board;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-39-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<intro>
<p>that are to be met by the taking of steps—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-39-2-b-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>by one or more members of the board, invited participants or other partners acting individually, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-39-2-b-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>any combination of members, invited participants or other partners acting jointly.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-39-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>But a plan may include an objective which is to be met by steps which are to be taken by an invited participant or other partner (whether individually or jointly in any combination of members, invited participants or other partners) only if the board has obtained the agreement of that invited participant or other partner, as the case may be.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-39-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>In setting its well-being objectives a board must take into account the Commissioner's report under section 23.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-39-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>A local well-being plan must include a statement—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-39-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>explaining why the board considers that meeting the local objectives will contribute within the area to achieving the well-being goals;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-39-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>explaining how the objectives and any proposed steps have been set with regard to any matters mentioned in the most recent assessment of well-being published under section 37;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-39-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>specifying the periods of time within which the board expects to meet the objectives;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-39-5-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>explaining how any proposed steps are to be taken in accordance with the sustainable development principle;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-39-5-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>if the plan includes objectives referred to in subsection (2)(b), specifying the proposed steps to be taken to meet those objectives and, in the case of steps to be taken by a combination of members of the board, invited participants or other partners, the persons making up the combination;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-39-5-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>if the plan is not the first plan published by the board, specifying the steps taken to meet the objectives set out in the board's previous plan and specifying the extent to which those objectives have been met;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-39-5-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>providing such other information as the board considers appropriate.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-39-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>Each board must publish its first local well-being plan no later than one year after the date on which the next ordinary election under section 26 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) following the commencement of this section is held.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-39-7">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>Subsequently, each board must publish a local well-being plan no later than one year after the date on which each subsequent ordinary election under that section is held.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-39-8">
<num>8</num>
<intro>
<p>Each board must send a copy of its plan to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-39-8-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Welsh Ministers;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-39-8-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-39-8-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the Auditor General for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-39-8-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-40" period="#period5">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c2253093" marker="I3" class="commentary I"/>
40
</num>
<heading>Local well-being plans: role of community councils</heading>
<subsection eId="section-40-1" period="#period3">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>A community council must take all reasonable steps in its area towards meeting the local objectives included in the local well-being plan that has effect in its area.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-40-2" period="#period3">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>But a community council is subject to the duty under subsection (1) only if, for each of the preceding three financial years prior to the local well-being plan for its area being published, either its gross income or its gross expenditure was at least £200,000.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-40-3" period="#period3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, amend the criteria specified in subsection (2) for determining whether a community council is subject to the duty under subsection (1); and the regulations may reflect provision made about community councils in regulations under section 39 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (c.23).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-40-4" period="#period3">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Before making regulations under subsection (3), the Welsh Ministers must consult—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-40-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-40-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the community councils that would become subject to the duty under subsection (1) if the regulations were made;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-40-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>such other persons as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-40-5" period="#period3">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>A community council must publish, in respect of each financial year in which it was subject to the duty under subsection (1), a report of the progress it has made in its area in meeting the local objectives included in the local well-being plan that has effect in its area.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-40-6" period="#period3">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>A report under subsection (5) must be published as soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the financial year to which the report relates.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-40-7" period="#period1">
<num>7</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers must issue guidance to community councils that are subject to the duty under subsection (1) about the exercise of the duty.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-40-8" period="#period1">
<num>8</num>
<content>
<p>In carrying out the duty under subsection (1), a community council must take such guidance into account.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-41" period="#period16">
<num>41</num>
<heading>Preparation of local well-being plans: information about activities of others</heading>
<subsection eId="section-41-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>In preparing its local well-being plan (and before consulting under section 43), a public services board may require any person mentioned in subsection (2) to provide the board with information about any action it takes that may contribute within the board's area to achieving the well-being goals.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-41-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The persons are—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-41-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the persons invited to participate in the activities of the board, except the Welsh Ministers (see section 30);</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-41-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the board's other partners (see section 32).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-41-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>But a person mentioned in subsection (2) is not required to provide information to a public services board—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-41-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<intro>
<p>if the person considers that doing so would—</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-41-3-a-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>be incompatible with the person's duties, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-41-3-a-ii">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>otherwise have an adverse effect on the exercise of the person's functions, or</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-41-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if the person is prohibited from providing it by virtue of an enactment or any other rule of law.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-41-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Where a person mentioned in subsection (2) decides, in reliance on subsection (3)(a), that it is not required to provide information to a public services board, it must provide the board with written reasons for its decision.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-42" period="#period16">
<num>42</num>
<heading>Preparation of local well-being plans: Commissioner's advice</heading>
<subsection eId="section-42-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>In preparing its local well-being plan (and before consulting under section 43), a public services board must seek the advice of the Commissioner on how to take steps to meet the local objectives to be included in the plan in accordance with the sustainable development principle.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-42-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The Commissioner must give the advice—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-42-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>in writing, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-42-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>no later than 14 weeks after it is sought.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-42-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>Each board must publish the Commissioner's advice at the same time as it publishes the local well-being plan.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-43" period="#period16">
<num>43</num>
<heading>Preparation of local well-being plans: further consultation and approval</heading>
<subsection eId="section-43-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Before publishing its local well-being plan, a public services board must consult—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-43-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner (having received advice from the Commissioner under section 42(2));</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-43-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>its invited participants;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-43-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>its other partners;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-43-1-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>such of the persons who received but did not accept an invitation from the board under section 30 as the board considers appropriate;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-43-1-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-43-1-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>any relevant voluntary organisation as the board considers appropriate;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-43-1-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>representatives of persons resident in its area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-43-1-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>representatives of persons carrying on business in its area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-43-1-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>trade unions representing workers in its area;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-43-1-j">
<num>j</num>
<content>
<p>such persons with an interest in the maintenance and enhancement of natural resources in the board's area, as the board considers appropriate;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-43-1-k">
<num>k</num>
<content>
<p>any other persons who, in the opinion of the board, are interested in the improvement of the area's economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-43-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>As part of the consultation under subsection (1), each board must provide each consultee with a draft local well-being plan.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-43-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The consultation under subsection (1) must not end until at least 12 weeks have passed since the day on which it began.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-43-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>Before publishing its local well-being plan, a public services board must hold a meeting at which each member confirms its approval of the plan for publication.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-43-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>
If the local authority is operating executive arrangements under Part 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c.22), the function of approving the local well-being plan for publication may not be exercised by an executive of the authority under those arrangements; nor does section 101 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) (discharge of functions by committees
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
) apply to that function.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-43-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>In the case of each Local Health Board, each Welsh fire and rescue authority and the Natural Resources Body for Wales, the function of approving the local well-being plan for publication may only be exercised at a meeting of the body in question.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-44" period="#period16">
<num>44</num>
<heading>Review of local well-being plans</heading>
<subsection eId="section-44-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A public services board may—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-44-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>review and revise its local objectives;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-44-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>review and amend its local well-being plan (and must amend its plan if it has revised its local objectives).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-44-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Each board—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-44-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>must review its local objectives or local well-being plan if directed to do so by the Welsh Ministers, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-44-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>may revise its objectives or amend its plan in consequence of such a review.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-44-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>When giving a direction under subsection (2)(a) the Welsh Ministers must publish a statement containing their reasons for giving it.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-44-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Before making an amendment to its plan, each board must consult—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-44-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-44-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the persons mentioned in section 43(1).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-44-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>An amended plan must be published as soon as reasonably practicable.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-44-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>A board must send a copy of its amended plan to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-44-6-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Welsh Ministers;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-44-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-44-6-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the Auditor General for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-44-6-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-45" period="#period16">
<num>45</num>
<heading>Annual progress reports</heading>
<subsection eId="section-45-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A public services board must prepare and publish a report—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-45-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>no later than 14 months after the publication of its local well-being plan, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-45-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>subsequently no later than one year after the publication of each previous report under this section.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-45-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>But no report is required under subsection (1)(b) if a local well-being plan is to be published by virtue of section 39(7) (publication of new local well-being plan following election) no later than one year after the publication of the previous report under this section.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-45-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>A report under this section must specify the steps taken since the publication of the board's most recent local well-being plan to meet the objectives set out in the plan.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-45-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>A report under this section may contain such other information as the board considers appropriate.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-45-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>A board must send a copy of each report published under this section to—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-45-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Welsh Ministers;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-45-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-45-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the Auditor General for Wales;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-45-5-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>the local authority's overview and scrutiny committee.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-4-chapter-2-crossheading-consequential-modifications" period="#period16">
<heading>
<em>Consequential modifications</em>
</heading>
<section eId="section-46" period="#period16">
<num>46</num>
<heading>Modifications of enactments</heading>
<content>
<p>Schedule 4 contains amendments and repeals in consequence of the provisions of this Part requiring the publication of local well-being assessments (under section 37) and local well-being plans (under section 39).</p>
</content>
</section>
</hcontainer>
</chapter>
<chapter eId="part-4-chapter-3" period="#period5">
<num>CHAPTER 3</num>
<heading>MISCELLANEOUS</heading>
<section eId="section-47" period="#period18">
<num>47</num>
<heading>Merging public services boards</heading>
<subsection eId="section-47-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Two or more public services boards may agree to merge if they consider it would assist them in contributing to the achievement of the well-being goals.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-47-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may direct two or more public services boards to merge if the Welsh Ministers consider it would assist the boards in contributing to the achievement of the well-being goals.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-47-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>But boards may merge only if—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-47-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the same Local Health Board is a member of each board seeking or being directed to merge, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-47-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>no other Local Health Board is a member of any of those boards.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-47-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>If two or more boards merge—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-47-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>references in this Part (other than in this section) to a public services board must be construed as references to the merged board, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-47-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>references in this Part to a local authority area must be construed as references to the combined areas of the local authorities that are members of the merged board.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-48" period="#period16">
<num>48</num>
<heading>Collaboration between public services boards</heading>
<subsection eId="section-48-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Two or more public services boards may agree to collaborate if they consider it would assist them in contributing to the achievement of the well-being goals.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-48-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may direct two or more public services boards to collaborate in whatever way the Welsh Ministers consider would assist the boards in contributing to the achievement of the well-being goals.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-48-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this section, a board collaborates if it—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-48-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>co-operates with another board,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-48-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>facilitates the activities of another board,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-48-3-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>co-ordinates its activities with another board,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-48-3-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>exercises another board's functions on its behalf, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-48-3-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>provides staff, goods, services or accommodation to another board.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-49" period="#period18">
<num>49</num>
<heading>Directions to merge or collaborate</heading>
<subsection eId="section-49-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Before giving a direction under section 47(2) or 48(2) the Welsh Ministers must consult each member of the public services boards they intend to direct.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-49-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>When giving such a direction the Welsh Ministers must publish a statement containing their reasons for giving it.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-50" period="#period7">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c2253094" marker="I4" class="commentary I"/>
50
</num>
<heading>Performance indicators and standards</heading>
<subsection eId="section-50-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may by regulations set indicators and standards by reference to which public services boards' performance in exercising functions can be measured.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-50-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>Before making regulations under subsection (1), the Welsh Ministers must consult—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-50-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the members of the boards or persons appearing to the Welsh Ministers to represent those members;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-50-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>any other persons the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-51" period="#period9">
<num>51</num>
<heading>Guidance</heading>
<subsection eId="section-51-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers must issue guidance to public services boards about the exercise of functions under this Part.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-51-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In exercising a function under this Part, a public services board must take such guidance into account.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</chapter>
</part>
<part eId="part-5" period="#period5">
<num>
<strong>PART 5</strong>
</num>
<heading>FINAL PROVISIONS</heading>
<section eId="section-52" period="#period5">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c2253095" marker="I5" class="commentary I"/>
52
</num>
<heading>Meaning of “public body”: further provision</heading>
<subsection eId="section-52-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, amend section 6(1) by—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-52-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>adding a person,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-52-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>removing a person, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-52-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>amending the description of a person.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-52-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>But the regulations may amend section 6(1) by adding a person only if that person exercises functions of a public nature.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-52-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>If the regulations amend section 6(1) so as to add a person who has functions of a public nature and other functions, Parts 1 to 3 apply to that person only in relation to those of the person's functions that are of a public nature.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-52-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>Before making regulations that amend section 6(1), the Welsh Ministers must consult—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-52-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>the Commissioner;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-52-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>such other persons as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-52-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>if the regulations amend section 6(1) so as to add a person, that person.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-53" period="#period4">
<num>53</num>
<heading>
Power to make consequential
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
provision
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-53-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make consequential, incidental, supplemental, transitional or saving provision for the purposes of, or in connection with, giving full effect to a provision of this Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-53-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>The regulations may (among other things) amend, repeal or revoke an enactment contained in or in an instrument made under—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-53-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>an Act of Parliament;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-53-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a Measure or Act of the National Assembly (including this Act).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-53-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The reference in subsection (2) to an enactment includes a reference to an enactment passed or made after the passing of this Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-53-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The power conferred by this section is not restricted by any other provision of this Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-54" period="#period4">
<num>54</num>
<heading>Regulations</heading>
<subsection eId="section-54-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>A power to make regulations under this Act includes—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-54-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>power to make different provision for different purposes or areas;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-54-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>power to make such incidental, consequential, transitional or supplemental provision as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-54-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Any power of the Welsh Ministers to make regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-54-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>A statutory instrument containing provision such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) may, in the case of regulations under section 33(1), 40(3) or 52(1), contain provision amending an enactment contained in or an instrument made under—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-54-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>an Act of Parliament;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-54-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a Measure or Act of the National Assembly (including this Act).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-54-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>A statutory instrument containing any of the following (whether alone or with any other provision)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-54-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>regulations under section 40(3) or 52(1),</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-54-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>regulations under section 33(1) that amend section 29(2) or 30(1), or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-54-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>regulations under section 53 that amend or repeal a provision of an Act of Parliament or of a Measure or Act of the National Assembly,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-54-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this Act is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-54-6">
<num>6</num>
<content>
<p>The reference in subsection (3) to an enactment includes a reference to an enactment passed or made after the passing of this Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-55" period="#period8">
<num>55</num>
<heading>Interpretation</heading>
<subsection eId="section-55-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>In this Act—</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-the-advisory-panel">the advisory panel</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-y-panel-cynghori">
<em>y panel cynghori</em>
</term>
”) means the panel of advisers established under section 26;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-the-commissioner">the Commissioner</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-y-comisiynydd">
<em>y Comisiynydd</em>
</term>
”) means the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-financial-year">financial year</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-blwyddyn-ariannol">
<em>blwyddyn ariannol</em>
</term>
”) means the period of 12 months ending with 31 March;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-future-trends-report">future trends report</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-adroddiad-tueddiadau-tebygol-y-dyfodol">
<em>adroddiad tueddiadau tebygol y dyfodol</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 11;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-invited-participant">invited participant</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-cyfranogwr-gwadd">
<em>cyfranogwr gwadd</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 30(5);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-local-authority">local authority</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-awdurdod-lleol">
<em>awdurdod lleol</em>
</term>
”) means a county council or county borough council in Wales;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-local-health-board">Local Health Board</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-bwrdd-iechyd-lleol">
<em>Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol</em>
</term>
”) means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c.42);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-local-objectives">local objectives</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-amcanion-lleol">
<em>amcanion lleol</em>
</term>
”) means objectives set by a public services board in accordance with section 36(2)(b);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-local-well-being-plan">local well-being plan</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-cynllun-llesiant-lleol">
<em>cynllun llesiant lleol</em>
</term>
”) means a plan published under section 39 or amended and published as amended under section 44(5);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-national-assembly">National Assembly</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-cynulliad-cenedlaethol">
<em>Cynulliad Cenedlaethol</em>
</term>
”) means the National Assembly for Wales;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-national-indicators">national indicators</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-dangosyddion-cenedlaethol">
<em>dangosyddion cenedlaethol</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 10(1)(a);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-other-partners">other partners</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-partneriaid-eraill">
<em>partneriaid eraill</em>
</term>
”), in relation to a public services board, means the bodies mentioned in section 32(1);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-overview-and-scrutiny-committee">overview and scrutiny committee</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-pwyllgor-trosolwg-a-chraffu">
<em>pwyllgor trosolwg a chraffu</em>
</term>
”) is to be construed in accordance with section 35(4);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-police-area">police area</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-ardal-heddlu">
<em>ardal heddlu</em>
</term>
”) means an area listed under the heading “Wales” in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (c.16) (police areas outside London);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-public-accounts-committee-of-the-national-assembly">Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-pwyllgor-cyfrifon-cyhoeddus-y-cynulliad-cenedlaethol">
<em>Pwyllgor Cyfrifon Cyhoeddus y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol</em>
</term>
”) means the committee referred to as the “
<term refersTo="#term-audit-committee">Audit Committee</term>
” in section 30 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-public-body">public body</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-corff-cyhoeddus">
<em>corff cyhoeddus</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by sections 6 and 52;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-public-services-board">public services board</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-bwrdd-gwasanaethau-cyhoeddus">
<em>bwrdd gwasanaethau cyhoeddus</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by sections 29 and 47(4)(a);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-sustainable-development">sustainable development</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-datblygu-cynaliadwy">
<em>datblygu cynaliadwy</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 2;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-sustainable-development-principle">sustainable development principle</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-egwyddor-datblygu-cynaliadwy">
<em>egwyddor datblygu cynaliadwy</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 5;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-trade-union">trade union</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-undeb-llafur">
<em>undeb llafur</em>
</term>
”) has the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52);
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-well-being-goals">well-being goals</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-nodau-llesiant">
<em>nodau llesiant</em>
</term>
”) means the goals specified in section 4;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-well-being-objectives">well-being objectives</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-amcanion-llesiant">
<em>amcanion llesiant</em>
</term>
”) means objectives published under section 7 or revised and published as revised under section 8 or 9;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-welsh-fire-and-rescue-authority">Welsh fire and rescue authority</term>
” (“
<term refersTo="#term-awdurdod-tân-ac-achub">
<em>awdurdod tân ac achub</em>
</term>
”) means the authority in Wales constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21) or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies.
</p>
</item>
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</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-55-2">
<num>2</num>
<intro>
<p>
In Part 4 of this Act a “
<term refersTo="#term-relevant-voluntary-organisation">relevant voluntary organisation</term>
” means a body (other than a body that exercises functions of a public nature) whose activities—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-55-2-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>are carried on otherwise than for profit, and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-55-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>directly or indirectly benefit the whole or any part of a public services board's area.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-55-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>A registered social landlord (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996) that provides housing in the local authority area is a relevant voluntary organisation for the purposes of Part 4 of this Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-56" period="#period4">
<num>56</num>
<heading>Commencement</heading>
<subsection eId="section-56-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>The following provisions of this Act come into force on the day after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-56-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>sections 53 to 55, this section and section 57;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-56-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>any other provision so far as is necessary for enabling the exercise after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent of any power to make regulations under the Act.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-56-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Welsh Ministers may by order appoint.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-56-3">
<num>3</num>
<intro>
<p>An order under subsection (2)—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-56-3-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>may appoint different days for different purposes or areas;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-56-3-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>may include transitional or saving provision.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-56-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>The power of the Welsh Ministers to make an order under subsection (2) is exercisable by statutory instrument.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-57" period="#period4">
<num>57</num>
<heading>Short title</heading>
<content>
<p>The short title of this Act is the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.</p>
</content>
</section>
</part>
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</portion>
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