PART 5Public involvement and local government
CHAPTER 2Local government
Health and Wellbeing Boards: establishment
I2194I1Establishment of Health and Wellbeing Boards
1
A local authority must establish a Health and Wellbeing Board for its area.
2
The Health and Wellbeing Board is to consist of—
a
subject to subsection (4), at least one councillor of the local authority, nominated in accordance with subsection (3),
b
the director of adult social services for the local authority,
c
the director of children's services for the local authority,
d
the director of public health for the local authority,
e
a representative of the Local Healthwatch organisation for the area of the local authority,
f
a representative of each relevant F1integrated care board, and
g
such other persons, or representatives of such other persons, as the local authority thinks appropriate.
3
A nomination for the purposes of subsection (2)(a) must be made—
a
in the case of a local authority operating executive arrangements, by the elected mayor or the executive leader of the local authority;
b
in any other case, by the local authority.
4
In the case of a local authority operating executive arrangements, the elected mayor or the executive leader of the local authority may, instead of or in addition to making a nomination under subsection (2)(a), be a member of the Board.
5
The Local Healthwatch organisation for the area of the local authority must appoint one person to represent it on the Health and Wellbeing Board.
6
A relevant F2integrated care board must appoint a person to represent it on the Health and Wellbeing Board.
7
A person may, with the agreement of the Health and Wellbeing Board, represent more than one F3integrated care board on the Board.
8
The Health and Wellbeing Board may appoint such additional persons to be members of the Board as it thinks appropriate.
9
At any time after a Health and Wellbeing Board is established, a local authority must, before appointing another person to be a member of the Board under subsection (2)(g), consult the Health and Wellbeing Board.
10
A relevant F4integrated care board must co-operate with the Health and Wellbeing Board in the exercise of the functions of the Board.
11
A Health and Wellbeing Board is a committee of the local authority which established it and, for the purposes of any enactment, is to be treated as if it were a committee appointed by that authority under section 102 of the Local Government Act 1972.
12
But regulations may provide that any enactment relating to a committee appointed under section 102 of that Act of 1972—
a
does not apply in relation to a Health and Wellbeing Board, or
b
applies in relation to it with such modifications as may be prescribed in the regulations.
13
In this section—
a
“enactment” includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978);
b
“elected mayor”, “executive arrangements” and “executive leader”, in relation to a local authority, have the same meaning as in Part 1A of the Local Government Act 2000;
14
In this section and in sections 195 to 199, “local authority” means—
a
a county council in England;
b
a district council in England, other than a council for a district in a county for which there is a county council;
c
a London borough council;
d
the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
e
the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority.