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Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006

Section 12: Guidance

38.Subsections (1) and (2) allow the Commissioner to issue guidance to the Assembly, any person listed in Schedule 2 and providers of regulated services in Wales on best practice in connection with any matter relating to the interests of older people in Wales. Before issuing such guidance, subsection (3) provides that the Commissioner must consult such persons as he thinks appropriate. Subsections (4) and (5) provide that the Assembly, any person listed in Schedule 2 and providers of regulated services in Wales must have regard to such guidance and that the Commissioner may, when exercising any of his functions in respect of those persons, take into account the extent to which the person has complied with it.

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