http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/21/section/22Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026enStatute Law Database2026-06-29Expert Participation2026-06-29 Part 1 22 1 The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 is amended as follows. 2 In section 20 (ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care worker offence)— a in subsection (3)— i omit “or” after paragraph (a); ii after paragraph (b) insert or c care or support for a child aged 16 or 17 at a regulated establishment, ; b after subsection (6) insert— 6A “Regulated establishment” means— a a children’s home in England as defined by section 1 of the Care Standards Act 2000; b a residential family centre in England as defined by section 4 of that Act; c an establishment in England providing accommodation in respect of which requirements under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 are applied by virtue of regulations under section 42 of that Act (power to extend application of Part 2 of that Act); d youth detention accommodation in England as defined by section 248(1) of the Sentencing Act 2020; e a place in Wales at which a care home service or a residential family centre service, as defined by Schedule 1 to the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2), is provided; f a place in Wales at which accommodation is provided to disabled children and which is notified to the Welsh Ministers in accordance with regulations under section 2 of that Act; g youth detention accommodation in Wales as defined by section 188(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4). ; c in subsection (7) after “social care” insert “, or care or support at a regulated establishment,”. 3 In section 21 (ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care provider offence)— a in subsection (2)(a), for the words after “the provision of” to the end substitute “regulated care, or”; b after subsection (2) insert— 2A “Regulated care” means— a health care for an adult or child, other than excluded health care, b social care for an adult, or c care or support for a child provided at a regulated establishment. ; c in subsection (3)— i in paragraph (b) for “health care or social care as part of health care or social care” substitute “regulated care as part of such care”; ii in the words after that paragraph for “health care or social care”, at both places where those words appear, substitute “regulated care”; d in subsection (4) for “health care or social care” substitute “regulated care”; e in subsection (7)(a), for “health care or social care” substitute “regulated care”; f in subsection (8), for “health care or social care” substitute “regulated care”; g in subsection (9), in the second definition, after ““health care”” insert “, “regulated establishment””. 4 In section 25 (care provider offence: liability for ancillary and other offences)— a in subsection (4)— i omit “or” after paragraph (a); ii after paragraph (b) insert , or c the provision of care or support for a child at a regulated establishment. ; b in subsection (5), in the second definition— i before ““health care”” insert ““child”,”; ii after ““health care”” insert “, “regulated establishment””. S. 22 in force at 29.6.2026, see s. 78(2)