Sections 19, 21 and 24 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 impose duties on a local authority to assess an adult’s needs for care and support, a child’s needs for care and support and a carer’s needs for support. These Regulations make further provision about such assessments.

Regulation 2 makes provision about the co-ordination of assessments. Regulation 3 makes provision about the training and expertise of persons carrying out an assessment.

Regulation 4 makes provision about the matters to which the local authority must have regard when carrying out an assessment.

Regulation 5 makes provision for the recording of assessments and Regulation 6 deals with the persons to whom the local authority must offer to give a copy of such records.

Regulation 7 makes provision for the review of an assessment, including the circumstances in which the local authority must review the assessment, the persons who may request a review of the assessment, the circumstances in which the local authority must comply with such a request and the circumstances in which they may refuse to do so.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained by contacting the Department for Health and Social Services, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ.