The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019

Appointed days for commencement of provision relating to regulated services

2.—(1) 29 April 2019 is the appointed day for the coming into force of section 6 of the Act to the extent set out in paragraph (2).

(2) Section 6 of the Act is commenced to the extent that it applies to a person who wants to provide one of the services specified in paragraphs (d) to (g) of section 2(1) of the Act.

(3) 29 April 2019 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—

(a) paragraphs (1)(d) to (g) of section 2, and paragraphs 4 to 7 and 9 of Schedule 1;

(b) section 56(1) (reports by local authorities and general duty of the Welsh Ministers) in so far as it inserts section 144C (general duty of the Welsh Ministers) into the 2014 Act(1);

(c) section 57 (reviews, investigations and inspections), and

(d) section 185 and Part 1 of Schedule 3 (minor and consequential amendments) to the extent set out in the Schedule to this Order.

(4) 29 April 2019 is referred to in this Order as “the appointed day”.

(1)

The phrase “2014 Act” is defined in section 189 of the Act as the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4).