Welsh Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 846 (W. 206) (C. 71)
Social Care, Wales
The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2017
Made 17 August 2017

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 188(1) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, make the following Order:
2016 anaw 2.

Title and interpretation
1. (1) The title of this Order is the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2017.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016;
“the 2014 Act” (“Deddf 2014”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.
2014 anaw 4.

Appointed day
2. 4 September 2017 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—
(a) section 56(1) in so far as it inserts section 144A into the 2014 Act;
(b) section 56(2) (which amends section 196(6) of the 2014 Act).
Rebecca Evans
Minister for Social Services and Public Health, under authority of the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport, one of the Welsh Ministers
17 August 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This is the fourth Commencement Order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (“the Act”). It commences section 56(1) of the Act, in so far as it inserts section 144A into the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”), and section 56(2) of the Act (which amends section 196(6) of the 2014 Act). The commencement date is 4 September 2017.
Section 144A of the 2014 Act makes provision in relation to annual reports by local authorities about the exercise of their social services functions, including provision in relation to the content and form of those reports.
Section 56(2) of the Act amends section 196(6) of the 2014 Act so that the first regulations made under section 144A(2)(b) of the 2014 Act are subject to the affirmative procedure. Regulations under section 144A(2)(b) can prescribe other information which must be included in local authority annual reports.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by Commencement Order made before the date of this Order:
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
Section 185 and Schedule 3 (partially)	6 April 2016	2016/467 (W. 149) (C. 28)
Section 67 (partially)	11 July 2016	2016/713 (W. 191) (C. 51)
Section 68 (partially)	11 July 2016	2016/713 (W. 191) (C. 51)
Section 73(1) and (2) (partially)	11 July 2016	2016/713 (W. 191) (C. 51)
Section 75 (partially)	11 July 2016	2016/713 (W. 191) (C. 51)
Part 2	3 April 2017	2017/309 (W. 80) (C. 29)
In so far as it is not already in force, Part 3 and Schedule 2	3 April 2017	2017/309 (W. 80) (C. 29)
Part 4	3 April 2017	2017/309 (W. 80) (C. 29)
Part 5	3 April 2017	2017/309 (W. 80) (C. 29)
Part 6	3 April 2017	2017/309 (W. 80) (C. 29)
Part 7	3 April 2017	2017/309 (W. 80) (C. 29)
Part 8	3 April 2017	2017/309 (W. 80) (C. 29)
Part 9	3 April 2017	2017/309 (W. 80) (C. 29)
Part 10	3 April 2017	2017/309 (W. 80) (C. 29)
Section 185 and Schedule 3 in so far as they relate to Part 2 of Schedule 3	3 April 2017	2017/309 (W. 80) (C. 29)
See also section 188(2) of the Act for provisions that came into force on 19 January 2016 (the day after the date of Royal Assent).