The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/831 (W.125)) (“the principal Regulations”) revoked and replaced the Community Care, Services for Carers and Children’s Services (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1748 (W.185)).

The principal Regulations make provision for the making of direct payments in respect of a person securing the provision of certain social care services which would be provided under the community care enactments mentioned in section 46(3) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (local authority plans for community care services), to carers under section 2 of the Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000 (services for carers), or services under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 (provision of services for children in need, their families and others).

Regulations 3 to 10 of these Regulations make amendments to correct minor drafting and typographical errors in the Welsh text and make one consequential amendment to the English text of the principal Regulations.

The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As they only correct minor drafting and typographical errors in the principal Regulations, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.