PART 7SAFEGUARDING

National Independent Safeguarding Board

132The National Independent Safeguarding Board

1

There is to be a board called the National Independent Safeguarding Board (referred to in this Part as “the National Board”).

2

The National Board's duties are—

a

to provide support and advice to Safeguarding Boards with a view to ensuring that they are effective,

b

to report on the adequacy and effectiveness of arrangements to safeguard children and adults in Wales, and

c

to make recommendations to the Welsh Ministers as to how those arrangements could be improved.

3

The National Board—

a

must make an annual report to the Welsh Ministers,

b

must make such other reports to the Welsh Ministers as they require, and

c

may make such other reports as it thinks fit.