The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2018

Visits to Former Looked After Children in Detention (England) Regulations 2010

24.—(1) The Visits to Former Looked After Children in Detention (England) Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) in the definition of “registered manager”, for “as a manager of that home” substitute “or with Social Care Wales(2) as a manager of that home”;

(b) in the definition of “secure children’s home”—

(i) after “a children’s home” insert “in England”,

(ii) after “Care Standards Act 2000”, insert “or premises in Wales at which a secure accommodation service, within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, is provided and in respect of which a person is registered under Part 1 of that Act”.

(1)

S.I. 2010/2797, as amended by S.I. 2013/706; there are other amending instruments but none are relevant.

(2)

The responsible individual of a regulated service (within the meaning of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (“the 2016 Act”)) is required to appoint a person to manage the regulated service, in this case a secure accommodation service (see Part 1 of and Schedule 1 to the 2016 Act), which is referred to in these Regulations as a “secure children’s home”. This requirement is set out in regulation 67 of the Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (duty to appoint a manager) and a manager appointed in accordance with this provision is required to be registered with Social Care Wales (see regulation 35(2)(e) of those Regulations (fitness of staff)). Social Care Wales (Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru) has the meaning given by section 67 of the 2016 Act.