The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016

Transitional provision in relation to short breaks

6.—(1) On and after the relevant day when calculating the period of time in which a child has been placed by a local authority in accommodation which constitutes a short break any time, in the 12 months immediately preceding the relevant day, which the child has spent in an arrangement which constitutes a short-term placement is to be counted.

(2) In this paragraph—

“short break” (“seibiant byr”) means a short break within the meaning of regulation 62 of the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015(1) (application of these regulations with modifications to short breaks);

“short-term placement” (“lleoliad tymor byr”) means a short-term placement within the meaning of regulation 14 of the Placement of Children (Wales) Regulations 2007(2) (application of regulations to short-term placements).

(1)

S.I. 2015/1818 (W. 261).

(2)

S.I. 2007/310 (W. 27).