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(1)Where it appears to a [F3local authority] that [F4another local authority, [F5[F6NHS England], [F7an integrated care board] or] a Local Health Board F8...] could, by taking any specified action, help in the exercise of any of their functions under this Part, they may request the help of [F9that body] , specifying the action in question.
(2)[F10A body] whose help is so requested shall comply with the request unless—
(a)they consider that the help requested is not necessary for the purpose of the exercise [F11of those functions by the local authority that made the request] , or
(b)subsection (3) applies.
(3)This subsection applies—
(a)in [F12a case where the request is made] of [F13[F6NHS England], [F14an integrated care board] or] a [F15Local Health Board] F16..., if [F17that body] consider that, having regard to the resources available to them for the purpose of the exercise of their functions under the M1 [F18National Health Service Act 2006 or the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006] , it is not reasonable for them to comply with the request, or
(b)in [F12a case where the request is made] of a local authority, if that authority consider that the request is not compatible with their own statutory or other duties and obligations or unduly prejudices the discharge of any of their functions.
(4)Regulations may provide that, where [F19a local authority, [F6NHS England], [F20an integrated care board] or a Local Health Board] F21... are under a duty by virtue of subsection (2) to comply with a request to help a [F3local authority] in the making of an assessment under section 323 or a statement under section 324 of this Act, they must, subject to prescribed exceptions, comply with the request within the prescribed period.
F22(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
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F1Pt. 4 Ch. 1 repealed (1.9.2021 for the repeal of ss. 333(1ZA)(2)-(6), 334-335 and otherwise in force for specified purposes, 1.1.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2022 for specified purposes) by Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2), s. 100(3), Sch. 1 para. 4(9); S.I. 2021/373, arts. 3, 4, 6, 7 (as amended by S.I. 2021/938, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1243, art. 3 (with arts. 4-23) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1244, art. 3 (with arts. 4-21) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 3); S.I. 2021/1245, arts. 3, 4 (with art. 1(4)); S.I. 2022/891, art. 3 (with arts. 4-25); S.I. 2022/892, arts. 2, 3 (with arts. 4-18); S.I. 2022/893, art. 4; S.I. 2022/894, art. 3; S.I. 2022/895, arts. 3, 4; S.I. 2022/896, art. 3 (with arts. 1(7), 4-22); S.I. 2022/897, art. 3 (with arts. 1(8), 4-21); S.I. 2022/898, arts. 2, 3
F2S. 322 title substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(a)
F3Words in Act substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), Sch. 2 para. 7(2) (with Sch. 2 para. 7(4)(5))
F4Words in s. 322(1) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(b)
F5Words in s. 322(1) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(2)(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F6Words in s. 322 substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F7Words in s. 322(1) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 44; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F8Words in s. 322(1) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(2)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F9Words in s. 322(1) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(2)(c); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F10Words in s. 322(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(3); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F11Words in s. 322(2)(a) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(c)
F12Words in s. 322(3) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(d)
F13Words in s. 322(3)(a) inserted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(4)(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F14Words in s. 322(3)(a) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 44; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F15Words in s. 322(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2007) by The References to Health Authorities Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/961), art. 1(1), Sch. para. 26(2)(c)
F16Words in s. 322(3)(a) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(4)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F17Words in s. 322(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(4)(c); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F18Words in s. 322(3)(a) substituted (1.3.2007) by National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), s. 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 182 (with Sch. 3 Pt. 1)
F19Words in s. 322(4) substituted (1.4.2013) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(5)(a); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F20Words in s. 322(4) substituted (1.7.2022) by Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), s. 186(6), Sch. 4 para. 44; S.I. 2022/734, reg. 2(a), Sch. (with regs. 13, 29, 30)
F21Words in s. 322(4) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 5 para. 78(5)(b); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)
F22S. 322(5) repealed (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 7(6)(e), Sch. 3 Pt. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 4 Ch. 1 excluded (1.9.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 81, 139(6); S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505)
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