PART 1
General
Title, commencement and interpretation1.
(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;
“population assessment” (“asesiad poblogaeth”) means the assessment which is required to be carried out under section 14(1) of the Act;
PART 2
Market Stability Report
Other matters to be contained within the market stability report2.
A market stability report must include an assessment of those matters specified in the Schedule.
Period of assessment of the sufficiency of provision of care and support3.
The sufficiency of provision of care and support must be assessed over the period since the previous population assessment was published.
Publication of market stability report4.
(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.
Form of market stability report5.
The market stability report must be published in an electronic format.
PART 3
Amendment to the Partnership Arrangements Regulations
Amendment to the Partnership Arrangements Regulations6.
“Market Stability Reports
Market stability reports18A.
(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 Act6.”