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.
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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).