The Partnership Arrangements (Amendment) and Regulated Services (Market Stability Reports) (Wales) Regulations 2021

PART 1 E+W

General E+W

Title, commencement and interpretation E+W

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Partnership Arrangements (Amendment) and Regulated Services (Market Stability Reports) (Wales) Regulations 2021.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2021.

(3) In these Regulations—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;

“care and support” (“gofal a chymorth”) has the same meaning given by section 4 of the Act;

“market stability report” (“adroddiad ar sefydlogrwydd y farchnad”) means the report which is required to be prepared and published under section 144B of the Act;

“the Partnership Arrangements Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Trefniadau Partneriaeth”) means the Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2015(1);

“population assessment” (“asesiad poblogaeth”) means the assessment which is required to be carried out under section 14(1) of the Act;

“regulated service” (“gwasanaeth rheoleiddiedig”) has the same meaning given by section 2(1) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016(2).

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

PART 2 E+W

Market Stability Report E+W

Other matters to be contained within the market stability report E+W

2.  A market stability report must include an assessment of those matters specified in the Schedule.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

Period of assessment of the sufficiency of provision of care and support E+W

3.  The sufficiency of provision of care and support must be assessed over the period since the previous population assessment was published.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

Publication of market stability report E+W

4.—(1) Local authorities must publish a market stability report by 1 June 2022 [F1 (the first report)].

[F2 (2) Local authorities must publish their second market stability report by 1 September 2027.

(3) Subsequent market stability reports must be published at intervals not exceeding five years by 1 September.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 4(1) inserted (31.12.2024) by The Partnership Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1238), regs. 1(2), 10(a)

F2 Reg. 4(2)(3) substituted for reg. 4(2) (31.12.2024) by The Partnership Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1238), regs. 1(2), 10(b)

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

Form of market stability report E+W

5.  The market stability report must be published in an electronic format.

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 5 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

PART 3 E+W

Amendment to the Partnership Arrangements Regulations E+W

Amendment to the Partnership Arrangements Regulations E+W

6.  In the Partnership Arrangements Regulations, after regulation 18 insert—

“Market Stability Reports E+W

Market stability reports

18A.— (1) The partnership bodies for each of the regional partnership board areas must specify the arrangements by which they will together carry out the market stability report functions.

(2) In this regulation, “market stability report functions” means the specified functions conferred on local authorities by section 144B of the Act(3).”

Commencement Information

I6 Reg. 6 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)

Julie Morgan

Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services under authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers

24 February 2021