Part 1Public health responsibilities

Co-operation and planning

I16Duty of health boards and local authorities to co-operate

1

In exercising the functions conferred on them by virtue of this Act, each—

a

health board; and

b

local authority,

must co-operate with any relevant person that appears to the board or, as the case may be, authority to have an interest in or a function relating to the protection of public health.

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In subsection (1), a “relevant person” is—

a

a health board;

b

a special health board;

c

a local authority;

F2ca

an integration joint board established under section 9(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014;

d

the common services agency;

F1da

Healthcare Improvement Scotland;

e

the Scottish Ministers.

3

Subsection (1) is without prejudice to section 13 of the 1978 Act (duty of health boards and local authorities to co-operate to secure and advance the health of the people of Scotland).