The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5, Savings, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017

Title and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5, Savings, Transitory and Transitional Provisions) Order 2017.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016;

“the 2000 Act” (“Deddf 2000”) means the Care Standards Act 2000(1);

“CSA provider” (“darparwr DSG”) means a person who, immediately before the principal appointed day, is registered with the Welsh Ministers under Part 2 of the 2000 Act as a person who carries on a relevant establishment or agency;

“principal appointed day” (“prif ddiwrnod penodedig”) has the meaning given in article 2(4);

“relevant establishment or agency” (“sefydliad perthnasol neu asiantaeth berthnasol”) means an establishment or agency of one of the following descriptions—

(a)

a care home,

(b)

a children’s home,

(c)

a children’s home providing accommodation for the purpose of restricting liberty,

(d)

a residential family centre, or

(e)

a domiciliary care agency;

“the Part 2 provisions” (“darpariaethau Rhan 2”) has the meaning given in article 5(4);

“transition service” (“gwasanaeth trosiannol”) has the meaning given in article 3;

“transition period” (“cyfnod trosiannol”) has the meaning given in article 4(2).

(3) In this Order the terms, “children’s home”, “children’s home providing accommodation for the purpose of restricting liberty”, “residential family centre” and “domiciliary care agency” have the meanings given in sections 1 and 4 of the 2000 Act and the term “care home” has the meaning given in section 3 of the 2000 Act except when it appears in the term “care home service” which has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act.

(1)

2000 c. 14.