The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019

Title and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019.

(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);

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

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

“relevant agency” (“asiantaeth berthnasol”)—

(a)

means an agency of one of the following descriptions—

(i)

a voluntary adoption agency;

(ii)

an adoption support agency;

(iii)

a fostering agency, and

(b)

includes, for the purposes of this Order, an adult placement scheme(2);

“relevant service” (“gwasanaeth perthnasol”)—

(a)

means a service of one of the following descriptions in respect of which a person is registered under Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Act—

(i)

a care home service;

(ii)

a secure accommodation service;

(iii)

a residential family centre service; or

(iv)

a domiciliary support service, and

(b)

that person is also a CSA provider;

“the Part 2 provisions” (“darpariaethau Rhan 2”) has the meaning given in article 7(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, “voluntary adoption agency”, “adoption support agency”, and “fostering agency” have the meanings given in section 4 of the 2000 Act and the term “adult placement scheme” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Adult Placement Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2004(3).

(1)

2000 c. 14.

(2)

The Adult Placement Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2004 (“the 2004 Regulations”) modify the 2000 Act so as to apply Part 2 of that Act to adult placement schemes and make provision in relation to such schemes.

(3)

S.I. 2004/1756 (W. 188).