The Care and Support (Population Assessments) (Wales) Regulations 2015

Title, commencement, application and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Care and Support (Population Assessments) (Wales) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 6 April 2016 and apply in relation to Wales.

(3) In these Regulations—

“population assessment” (“asesiad poblogaeth”) means the assessment which is required to be carried out under section 14(1) of the Act;

“population assessment report” (“adroddiad asesiad poblogaeth”) has the meaning in regulation 5;

“preventative services” (“gwasanaethau ataliol”) means services the local authority considers would achieve any of the purposes in section 15(2) of the Act;

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;

“the responsible bodies” (“y cyrff cyfrifol”) means the bodies responsible for carrying out a population assessment.