33 Arrangements between NHS bodies and local authorities

33  Arrangements between NHS bodies and local authorities

(1)     The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision for or in connection with enabling prescribed NHS bodies (on the one hand) and prescribed local authorities (on the other) to enter into prescribed arrangements in relation to the exercise of—

(a)     prescribed functions of the NHS bodies, and

(b)     prescribed health-related functions of the local authorities,

if the arrangements are likely to lead to an improvement in the way in which those functions are exercised.

(2)     The arrangements which may be prescribed include arrangements—

(a)     for or in connection with the establishment and maintenance of a fund—

(i)     which is made up of contributions by one or more NHS bodies and one or more local authorities, and

(ii)     out of which payments may be made towards expenditure incurred in the exercise of both prescribed functions of the NHS body or bodies and prescribed health-related functions of the authority or authorities,

(b)     for or in connection with the exercise by an NHS body on behalf

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