PART 1CHILD POVERTY, PLAY AND PARTICIPATION
CHAPTER 1ERADICATING CHILD POVERTY
Services to tackle child poverty
9Health support services: powers of a local authority
1
A local authority may provide, secure the provision of or participate in the provision of health support services.
2
A local authority may not provide, secure the provision of or participate in the provision of nursing services under subsection (1) for any part of its area without the consent of the Local Health Board for that part of its area.
3
A local authority may not charge for anything provided under subsection (1).
4
In this section and in section 10, “health support services” means services providing assistance in relation to the health of children or parents of children (so far as necessary to secure the well-being of their children), apart from assistance that amounts to the provision of medical, dental, ophthalmic, or pharmaceutical services.