1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Commissioner for Older People in Wales Regulations 2007 and they come into force on 16 February 2007.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
2.—(1) In these Regulations —
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006(1);
“arrangements in relation to advocacy, complaints or whistle-blowing” (“trefniadau mewn perthynas ag eiriolaeth, cwynion neu chwythu'r chwiban”) means arrangements falling within subsections (4), (5) and (6) of section 5 of the Act as the case may be;
“the Assembly” (“y Cynulliad”) means the National Assembly for Wales;
“the Commissioner” (“y Comisiynydd”) means the Commissioner for Older People in Wales;
“the First Minister” (“y Prif Weinidog”) means the person appointed from time to time as the First Minister for Wales under section 46(1) of the Government of Wales Act 2006;
(2) In these Regulations, a reference —
(a)to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;
(b)in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number;
(c)in a paragraph to a lettered or numbered sub-paragraph is to the sub-paragraph in that paragraph bearing that letter or number.