Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 SOCIAL CARE

   1. CHAPTER 1 PROVISION OF SOCIAL CARE SERVICES TO CHILDREN: RESTRICTIONS ON PROFIT

      1. Overview of Chapter

         1. 1. Overview of Chapter 1

      2. Regulation of social care services provided to children

         1. 2. Restricted children’s services

         2. 3. Applications for registration in respect of restricted children’s services

         3. 4. Registration in respect of a restricted children’s service: transitional arrangements

         4. 5. Grant or refusal of registration in respect of a restricted children’s service

         5. 6. Fit and proper person: relevant considerations

         6. 7. Providers of restricted children’s services: information contained in annual return

         7. 8. Variation or cancellation of registration as a provider of a restricted children’s service

         8. 9. Restricted children’s services: information contained in the register of service providers

      3. Local authority functions in respect of accommodation for looked after children

         1. 10. Local authority duty to secure sufficient accommodation

         2. 11. Duty to prepare and publish an annual sufficiency plan

         3. 12. Duty to secure accommodation: reporting

         4. 13. Ways in which looked after children are to be accommodated

   2. CHAPTER 2 MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS IN RELATION TO SOCIAL CARE SERVICES, SOCIAL CARE WORKERS AND LOCAL AUTHORITY SOCIAL CARE FUNCTIONS

      1. Regulation of social care services: registration etc. of social care services providers

         1. 14. Duty to submit and publish annual return

         2. 15. Application for cancellation of service provider’s registration: information to be provided

         3. 16. Cancellation and variation of service provider’s registration without application: notice procedures

      2. Regulation of social care services: information, inspections and investigations

         1. 17. Information, inspection and investigations

      3. Social care workers: registration and fitness to practise

         1. 18. Meaning of social care worker: childcare workers

         2. 19. Fitness to practise cases: powers to extend interim orders

      4. Local authority social services functions

         1. 20. Direct payments in social care

         2. 21. Accommodation of children

      5. Minor and consequential amendments

         1. 22. Social care: minor and consequential amendments

3. PART 2 HEALTH CARE

   1. 23. Overview of Part 2

   2. 24. Direct payments for health care

   3. 25. Direct payments for health care: minor and consequential amendments

   4. 26. Provision of health services by local authorities

4. PART 3 GENERAL

   1. 27. General interpretation

   2. 28. Consequential and transitional provision etc.

   3. 29. Coming into force

   4. 30. Short title

5. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      SOCIAL CARE: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. PART 1 PROVISION OF SOCIAL CARE SERVICES TO CHILDREN: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

         1. 1. Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)

         2. 2. Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2)

      2. PART 2 MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS IN RELATION TO SOCIAL CARE SERVICES ETC.: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

         1. 3. Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)

         2. 4. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47)

         3. 5. Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)

         4. 6. Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2)

         5. 7. Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2)

         6. 8. Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413 (W. 131))

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. 1. Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)

      2. 2. Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 (c. 33)

      3. 3. National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42)

      4. 4. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47)

      5. 5. Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2)

      6. 6. Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2019 (anaw 3)