Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 541

Social Care, England

Children And Young Persons, England

The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015

Made

4th March 2015

Laid before Parliament

6th March 2015

Coming into force

1st April 2015

The Secretary of State, having consulted such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate(1), makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14A of the Interpretation Act 1978(2) and sections 1(4A), 22(1), (1A), (2)(a) to (d), (f) to (j), (5), (7)(a) to (h), (j), 34(1), 35(1) and 118(5) to (7) of the Care Standards Act 2000(3).

(1)

See section 22(9) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14) for the requirement to consult.

(2)

1978 c.30. Section 14A of the Interpretation Act 1978 was inserted by section 59 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c.24).

(3)

The powers are conferred upon the “appropriate Minister” who is defined in section 121(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000, in relation to England, as the Secretary of State. See section 121(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000 for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 1(4A) of the Care Standards Act 2000 was inserted by section 95 of, and paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 5 to, the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c.14). Section 22(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000 was amended by section 103(1) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c.6, “the C&FA 2014”). Section 22(1A) of the Care Standards Act 2000 was inserted by section 103(2) of the C&FA 2014.