10.The Act is comprised of 30 sections (within three Parts) and two Schedules.
Part 1 of the Act relates to social care and contains two Chapters:
Chapter 1 makes amendments to the 2014 and 2016 Acts intended to restrict the extraction of profit by providers of children’s care home services, secure accommodation services and fostering services;
Chapter 2 makes a number of miscellaneous amendments in relation to social care services, social care workers and local authority social services, intended to ensure that the 2014 and 2016 Acts can operate fully and effectively.
This Part of the Act also introduces Schedule 1 which makes minor and consequential amendments in relation to this Part.
Part 2 of the Act relates to health care and makes amendments to the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 in order to enable the introduction of direct payments within NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC). This Part of the Act also introduces Schedule 2 which makes minor and consequential amendments in relation to this change.
Part 3 of the Act contains a number of general provisions, including in relation to regulations made under the Act, interpretation, powers to make consequential and transitional provisions, and coming into force arrangements.
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