Part I Organisation
Administrative bodies
2BF1Duty to encourage public involvement
1
It is the duty of every body to which this section applies to take action with a view to securing, as respects health services for which it is responsible, that persons to whom those services are being or may be provided are involved in, and consulted on—
a
the planning and development, and
b
decisions to be made by the body significantly affecting the operation,
of those services.
2
This section applies to—
a
Health Boards,
b
Special Health Boards, and
c
the Agency.
3
For the purposes of subsection (1) a body is responsible for health services if they are health services—
a
which it is the function of the body to provide, or secure the provision of, and
b
which are provided, or to be provided, to individuals by—
i
the body, or
ii
another person on the body's behalf, at the body's direction or in accordance with an agreement made by the body with that other person.