Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014

44 Review of integration scheme

(1) This section applies where an integration scheme has been approved by the Scottish Ministers under section 7.

(2) The local authority and the Health Board must carry out a review of the scheme before the expiry of the relevant period for the purpose of identifying whether any changes to the scheme are necessary or desirable.

(3) Sections 3 and 6 apply to a review of an integration scheme under subsection (2) as they apply to the preparation of an integration scheme (but as if the words “Before submitting the integration scheme for approval under section 7,” in section 6(2) were omitted).

(4) After taking account of any views of persons consulted under section 6 (as applied by subsection (3)), the local authority and the Health Board must decide whether any changes to the scheme are necessary or desirable.

(5) In subsection (2), the “relevant period” means—

(a) the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which the scheme was approved under section 7, and

(b) each subsequent period of 5 years beginning with—

(i) where the local authority and the Health Board vary the scheme under section 46, the day specified under subsection (7) of that section,

(ii) where the local authority and the Health Board decide no changes to the scheme are necessary or desirable, the day on which that decision is made.