Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004

Liaison officers.

17.—The Council and each health board shall designate one or more of its officers, not below such rank as the Council after consultation with the chief executive officer of the health board shall determine, to perform the following functions, namely to ensure, so far as practicable, that—

(a) the activities of the Council and those of the health board, in so far as they relate to their respective functions under this Act, are co-ordinated, and

(b) the policies of the Council and those of the health board, in so far as they relate to their respective functions under this Act, are consistent,

and each officer so designated shall be known as a “liaison officer”.