The Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of Meaning of Social Care Worker) (Wales) Regulations 2002

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1176 (W.124)

SOCIAL CARE, WALES

The Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of Meaning of “Social Care Worker”) (Wales) Regulations 2002

Made

25th April 2002

Coming into force

30th April 2002

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 55(3) and 118(5) and (6) of the Care Standards Act 2000(1) hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Care Standards Act 2000 (Extension of Meaning of “Social Care Worker”) (Wales) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 30th April 2002.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000;

“the Council” means the Care Council for Wales established by section 54(1) of the Act.

Persons to be treated as social care workers

3.  For the purposes only of the function of the Council under section 54(3) of the Act persons of any of the descriptions in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) of paragraph (3) of section 55 of the Act are to be treated as social care workers.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(2).

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales

25th April 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide that for the purposes only of the function of the Care Council for Wales under section 54(3) of the Care Standards Act 2000 (“the Act”) certain persons are to be treated as social care workers. Under section 54(3) of the Act the Care Council for Wales shall promote in relation to Wales high standards of conduct and practice among social care workers, and high standards in their training.

The persons who are to be treated as social care workers for the purposes just mentioned are those described in sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) of section 55(3) of the Act. Those include persons engaged in work for the purposes of a local authority’s social services functions (or in the provision of services similar to those provided in the exercise of those functions); persons engaged in the provision of personal care for any person; certain persons involved with social work agencies; persons employed in day centres; and certain social work students.

(1)

2000 c. 14. The powers are exercisable by the appropriate Minister. The appropriate Minister is defined in section 121(1). It means the Assembly in relation to Wales (section 5(b) provides that “the Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales); in relation to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland it means the Secretary of State. See section 121(1) of the definition of “regulations”.

(2)

1998 c. 38.