The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2011

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 831 (W.125)

SOCIAL SERVICES, WALES

The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2011

Made

16 March 2011

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

18 March 2011

Coming into force

11 April 2011

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 57(1), (1A) (3), (5B), (5C), (6) , (7) and (7B) and 64(4A), (6) and (8) of the Health and Social Care Act 2001(1) and sections 17A(1), (3) and (4) and 104(4) and 104A of the Children Act 1989(2).

(1)

2001 c. 15 (“the Act”). Section 57 of the Act was amended by section 146 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14) (“the 2008 Act”). Sections 57(1A), (5B) and (5C) of the Act were inserted by section 146(2) and (6) of the 2008 Act and section 57(7B) was inserted by section 16 of the Social Care Charges (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 2). See section 57(8) of the Act for the definition of “prescribed” and section 66 for the definitions of “regulations” and “the relevant authority”. The functions of the National Assembly for Wales under the Act were transferred to the Welsh Ministers in accordance with paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

(2)

1989 c. 41. Section 17A was substituted by section 58 of the Act, and amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23) (“the CYPA”). Section 104 was amended by paragraph 25 of Schedule 3 to the CYPA and section 104A was inserted by paragraph 26 of Schedule 3 to the CYPA. See section 17A(6) for the definition of “prescribed” and section 30A (as inserted by paragraph 22 of Schedule 3 to the CYPA) for the definition of “appropriate national authority”.