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Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations are called The Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (Amendment) (Wales) Order 2003 and come into force on 10th February 2003.

(2) These Regulations apply to Wales.

Amendment of Regulations

2.  Schedule 3 of The Local Authorities (Alternative Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2001(1) are amended as follows:

(a)the following is added to the table of Functions which are not to be the Sole Responsibility of an Authority’s Board:

Plans and StrategiesReference
Health and Well-Being StrategySection 24 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002

(b)the entry “Children’s Services Plan” in Column (1) and the related reference in Column (2) are repealed.

(c)the entry “Community Care Plan” in Column (1) and the related reference in Column (2) are repealed.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(2).

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

29th January 2003