PART 1
General

Title, commencement and interpretation
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The title of these Regulations is the Partnership Arrangements (Amendment) and Regulated Services (Market Stability Reports) (Wales) Regulations 2021.
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These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2021.
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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 ;
- “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 .
PART 2
Market Stability Report

Other matters to be contained within the market stability report
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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 support
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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 report
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Local authorities must publish a market stability report by 1 June 2022 (the first report).
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Local authorities must publish their second market stability report by 1 September 2027.
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Subsequent market stability reports must be published at intervals not exceeding five years by 1 September.

Form of market stability report
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The market stability report must be published in an electronic format.
PART 3
Amendment to the Partnership Arrangements Regulations

Amendment to the Partnership Arrangements Regulations
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In the Partnership Arrangements Regulations, after regulation 18 insert—

Market Stability Reports

Market stability reports
18A
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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.
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In this regulation, “market stability report functions” means the specified functions conferred on local authorities by section 144B of the Act .
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
S.I. 2015/1989 (W. 299).
2016 anaw 2.
Local authority functions under section 144B of the Act are one of the social services functions which are “specified functions” for the purposes of the Partnership Arrangements Regulations by virtue of regulation 9 of, and Schedule 1 to, those Regulations.
Reg. 6 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)
Reg. 1 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)
Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)
Reg. 2 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)
Reg. 3 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)
Reg. 5 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(2)
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)
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)