The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Integration Scheme) (Scotland) Regulations 2014

JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2014/341
Year2014

2014No. 341

PUBLIC HEALTH

SOCIAL CARE

The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Integration Scheme) (Scotland) Regulations 2014

27thNovember2014

28thNovember2014

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1(3)(f), 1(15), 20 and 69(1) of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014( 1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 69(2) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Integration Scheme) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

(2) In these Regulations-

"the Act" means the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014;

"additional member" means a member of an integration joint board or, as the case may be, integration joint monitoring committee who is not appointed on the nomination of a Health Board or a local authority;

"information sharing accord" means a set of principles which apply to the sharing of information between a Health Board, a local authority and, where applicable, an integration joint board for any purpose connected with the preparation of an integration scheme, the preparation of a strategic plan or the carrying out of integration functions; and

"integration model" means an integration model described in section 1(4) of the Act.

Content and effect of integration scheme

2. (1) An integration scheme must include, in relation to each prescribed matter listed in column A of the table in the Schedule, the prescribed information set out in column B of that table, insofar as that prescribed matter is relevant to the integration model chosen by the Health Board and local authority.

(2) The prescribed information is to be agreed between the Health Board and local authority when they are preparing an integration scheme.

(3) The local authority, Health Board and the integration joint board or, as the case may be, integration joint monitoring committee established in pursuance of an integration scheme must act in accordance with the prescribed information that is set out in that scheme.

SHONA ROBISON

A Member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

27th November 2014

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2(1)

Column A

Prescribed matters

Column B

Prescribed information

Local governance arrangements for the integration joint board where the integration scheme is prepared under section 1(3) or 2(3) of the Act.

The number of members to be appointed on the nomination of the local authority.

The number of members to be appointed on the nomination of the Health Board.

Whether the first chairperson of the integration joint board is to be a member appointed on the nomination of the local authority or of the Health Board.

The term of office of the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the integration joint board.

Local governance arrangements for the integration joint board where the integration scheme is prepared under section 2(4) of the Act.

The membership of the integration joint board including in particular-

(a) the number of members that will be appointed on the nomination of each local authority;(b) the number of members that will be appointed on the nomination of the Health Board; and(c) the arrangements for appointing additional members to the integration joint board, and the number of additional members to be appointed.

The arrangements for appointment of the chairperson and vice-chairperson of the integration joint board.

The term of office of the chairperson and vice- chairperson of the integration joint board.

Local governance arrangements for the integration joint monitoring committee where the integration scheme is prepared under section 1(3) or 2(3) of the Act.

The number of members to be appointed on the nomination of the local authority.

The number of members to be appointed on the nomination of the Health Board.

Where the committee will comprise members other than the members required by any order made under section 17 of the Act, information about these members, including in particular a description of the role held by or, as the case may be, the group to be represented by each member.

The arrangements for provision of administrative support to the committee.

The arrangements for financing the committee.

Local governance arrangements for an integration joint monitoring committee where the integration scheme is prepared under section 2(4) of the Act.

The membership of the integration joint monitoring committee including in particular-

(a) the number of members to be appointed on the nomination of each local authority;(b) the number of members to be appointed on the nomination of the Health Board; and(c) the arrangements for appointing additional members to the integration joint monitoring committee and the number of additional members to be appointed.

The arrangements for the appointment of the chairperson of the committee, and the arrangements for changing the appointed chairperson.

The arrangements for provision of administrative support to the committee.

The arrangements for financing the committee.

Local operational delivery arrangements for the functions delegated to an integration joint board.

The governance arrangements for the carrying out of integrated functions, including in particular arrangements for the involvement of the members of the integration joint board in overseeing the carrying out of integration functions by the constituent authorities.

Local arrangements to support the preparation of a strategic plan.

The arrangements that the Health Board and local authority will put in place to support an integration authority to act in accordance with section 30(3) of the Act.

Support services provision in relation to functions under the Act and integration functions.

The process to be used by the Health Board and local authority to produce an agreement setting out any professional, technical or administrative services of the Health Board or local authority to be made available to the integration authority for the purpose of preparing a strategic plan and carrying out integration functions.

Performance targets, improvement measures and reporting arrangements which relate to integration functions.

The process to be used to prepare a list of all targets, measures and arrangements which relate to integration functions and for which responsibility is to transfer, in full or in part, to the person to whom functions are delegated, including a statement of the extent to which responsibility for each target, measure or arrangement is to transfer.

The timescale within which the list of targets, measures and agreements is to be prepared.

Performance targets, improvement measures and reporting arrangements which relate to functions of the local authority and Health Board which are not integration functions.

The process to be used to prepare a list of any targets, measures and arrangements which relate to functions of the Health Board or local authority and which are to be taken account of by the integration authority when it is preparing a...

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