PART 6HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

109Health impact assessments: publication and taking into account

1

Where a public body has carried out a health impact assessment in accordance with regulations under section 108 it must—

a

publish the assessment, and

b

take the assessment into account when exercising those functions in connection with which the assessment was carried out.

2

When taking the assessment into account, the public body must act in accordance with the sustainable development principle.

3

For the purpose of subsection (2), the reference to acting in accordance with the sustainable development principle is to be construed in accordance with section 5 of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 2).

4

Regulations may make provision about publishing assessments, including (among other things) about when assessments are to be published.