Title, commencement, application and interpretation1
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The title of these Regulations is the Care and Support (Population Assessments) (Wales) Regulations 2015.
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These Regulations come into force on 6 April 2016 and apply in relation to Wales.
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In these Regulations—
“population assessment” (“asesiad poblogaeth”) means the assessment which is required to be carried out under section 14(1) of the Act;
“population assessment report” (“adroddiad asesiad poblogaeth”) has the meaning in regulation 5;
“preventative services” (“gwasanaethau ataliol”) means services the local authority considers would achieve any of the purposes in section 15(2) of the Act;
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;
“the responsible bodies” (“y cyrff cyfrifol”) means the bodies responsible for carrying out a population assessment.