19.Section 4 requires authorities to work together with other bodies to establish a strategy for promoting the well-being of their local communities. Such strategies are intended to allow authorities, and other bodies who provide local services, to establish common priorities and determine the steps which they would take to address them.
20.This section also allows the Secretary of State and the NAW, following consultation with local government and others, to issue guidance on the exercise of the power.
Introduction Commentary on sections Section 4: Strategies for promoting well-being