Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Membership of Strategic Planning Group) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 12th December 2014.

Prescribed groups of persons to be represented in strategic planning group

2.  (1)  Subject to paragraph (2) the groups of persons prescribed for the purposes of section 32(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 (establishment of strategic planning group) are-

(a)health professionals;

(b)users of health care;

(c)carers of users of health care;

(d)commercial providers of health care;

(e)non-commercial providers of health care;

(f)social care professionals;

(g)users of social care;

(h)carers of users of social care;

(i)commercial providers of social care;

(j)non-commercial providers of social care;

(k)non-commercial providers of social housing; and

(l)third sector bodies carrying out activities related to health care or social care.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)-

(a)in the case of users of health care or social care, they must reside within the area of the local authority;

(b)in the case of carers of users of health or social care, they must care for a person who resides within the area of the local authority; and

(c)in any other case, they must operate within the local authority area.

(3) In this regulation, "third sector" includes representative groups, interest groups, social enterprises and community organisations.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe groups of persons for the purposes of section 32(2) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 ("the 2014 Act").

Regulation 2 prescribes the groups of persons who appear to the Scottish Ministers to have an interest for the purposes of section 32(2) of the 2014 Act. The effect of regulation 2 is that an integration authority's strategic planning group must include a representative of each prescribed group.