The Social Care Wales (Proceedings before Panels) Regulations 2016

PART 1 General

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Social Care Wales (Proceedings before Panels) Regulations 2016.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 3 April 2017.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016;

“extract conviction” (“euogfarn gryno”) has the meaning given in section 307 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995(1);

“fitness to practise panels” (“paneli addasrwydd i ymarfer”) has the meaning given in section 174(1)(b) of the Act;

“interim orders panels” (“paneli gorchmynion interim”) has the meaning given in section 174(1)(c) of the Act;

“parental responsibility” (“cyfrifoldeb rhiant”) has the meaning given in section 105 of the Children Act 1989(2);

“registration appeals panels” (“paneli apelau cofrestru”) has the meaning given in section 174(1)(a) of the Act.

(1)

1995 c. 46.

(2)

1989 c. 41 (“the 1989 Act”). The definition in section 105 of the 1989 Act refers to the meaning of “parental responsibility” set out in section 3 of that Act.