EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Special Guardianship (Wales) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”).
The main changes are—
(1) amendments to the Schedule which lists the matters which the local authority must deal with in their report for the court for the purposes of section 14A(8)(b) of the Children Act 1989;
(2) provision under section 14F (special guardianship support services) to prescribe circumstances in which section 14F applies to a local authority in respect of persons who are outside that local authority’s area;
(3) provision for the local authority providing special guardianship support services to persons outside their local authority area to—
(a)review the special guardianship support services provided to that person;
(b)notify the local authority where that person lives of any continuing need for support services; and
(c)refer that person to relevant local services.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.