The title of these Regulations is the Regulated Advocacy Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019.

These Regulations come into force on 29 April 2019.

In these Regulations—

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

• “advocacy” (“eiriolaeth”) means assistance given to help a person represent their views;

• “advocacy plan” (“cynllun eirioli”) means the plan prepared by the service provider in relation to an individual in accordance with regulation 12;

• “child” (“plentyn”) means a person who is aged under 18;

• “DBS” (“GDG”) or “the Disclosure and Barring Service” (“y Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd”) mean the body established by section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 M1;

• “DBS certificate” (“tystysgrif GDG”) means a certificate of a type referred to in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 1;

• “individual” (“unigolyn”), except where the context otherwise requires, means a person for whom the service provider is providing, or has provided advocacy, or for whom the service provider may provide advocacy;

• “representative” (“cynrychiolydd”) means any person having legal authority, or having the consent of the individual to act on the individual's behalf;

• “service” (“gwasanaeth”) means an advocacy service as defined in regulation 2 which is provided in relation to a specified area;

• “service commissioner” (“comisiynydd y gwasanaeth”) means a local authority which is responsible for making arrangements with a service provider for the provision of assistance to a child or person under section 178(1) of the 2014 Act M2;

• “service provider” (“darparwr gwasanaeth”) means an advocacy service provider who is registered under section 7 of the Act;

• “service regulator” (“rheoleiddiwr gwasanaethau”) means the Welsh Ministers in exercise of their regulatory functions M3;

• “specified area” (“ardal benodedig”) means an area which is specified in a condition to the service provider's registration as a place in relation to which the service is to be provided;

• “statement of purpose” (“datganiad o ddiben”) means the statement of purpose for the service which a service provider must keep under review and revise in accordance with regulation 4 M4.