The National Health Service Bodies and Local Authority Partnership Arrangements (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Amendment of the National Health Service Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2000

2.—(1) The National Health Service Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2000(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulations 2(1), 3(1)(a), 4(3), 7(2) and 9(2) for “Health Authority”, substitute “Local Health Board”(2).

(3) After regulation 10(2), insert —

“(2A) Where a local authority is operating executive arrangements or alternative arrangements, a joint committee formed under paragraph (2) may include any member of the authority whether or not the member is also a member of the executive or the Board of the authority.”.

(4) After regulation 10(4), add —

“(4) In paragraph (2A) —

“Alternative arrangements” (“trefniadau amgen”) has the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000(3);

“Board” (“Bwrdd”) has the same meaning as in the Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2001(4);

“executive” (“gweithrediaeth”) and “executive arrangements” (“trefniadau gweithrediaeth”) have the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Act 2000.”.

(1)

S.I. 2000/2993 (W.193).

(2)

Health Authorities in Wales were abolished by the Health Authorities (Transfer of Functions, Staff, Property, Rights and Liabilities and Abolition) (Wales) Order 2003, S.I. 2003/813 (W.98). Local Health Boards were established by the Local Health Boards (Establishment) (Wales) Order 2003, S.I. 2003/148 (W.18).

(3)

2000 c. 22. S.I. 2001/2284 (W.173) (as amended) provides in regulation 4 for the form of alternative arrangements in Wales. Regulation 4 of S.I. 2001/2284 has been amended by S.I. 2002/810 (W.90) and S.I. 2001/3711 (W.307).

(4)

S.I. 2001/2284.