Legislation – Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025

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Introduction

PART 1
SOCIAL CARE

CHAPTER 1 PROVISION OF SOCIAL CARE SERVICES TO CHILDREN: RESTRICTIONS ON PROFIT

Overview of Chapter

1 Overview of Chapter 1

Regulation of social care services provided to children

2 Restricted children’s services

3 Applications for registration in respect of restricted children’s services

4 Registration in respect of a restricted children’s service: transitional arrangements

5 Grant or refusal of registration in respect of a restricted children’s service

6 Fit and proper person: relevant considerations

7 Providers of restricted children’s services: information contained in annual return

8 Variation or cancellation of registration as a provider of a restricted children’s service

9 Restricted children’s services: information contained in the register of service providers

Local authority functions in respect of accommodation for looked after children

10 Local authority duty to secure sufficient accommodation

11 Duty to prepare and publish an annual sufficiency plan

12 Duty to secure accommodation: reporting

13 Ways in which looked after children are to be accommodated

CHAPTER 2 MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS IN RELATION TO SOCIAL CARE SERVICES, SOCIAL CARE WORKERS AND LOCAL AUTHORITY SOCIAL CARE FUNCTIONS

Regulation of social care services: registration etc. of social care services providers

14 Duty to submit and publish annual return

15 Application for cancellation of service provider’s registration: information to be provided

16 Cancellation and variation of service provider’s registration without application: notice procedures

Regulation of social care services: information, inspections and investigations

17 Information, inspection and investigations

Social care workers: registration and fitness to practise

18 Meaning of social care worker: childcare workers

19 Fitness to practise cases: powers to extend interim orders

Local authority social services functions

20 Direct payments in social care

21 Accommodation of children

Minor and consequential amendments

22 Social care: minor and consequential amendments

PART 2
HEALTH CARE

23 Overview of Part 2

24 Direct payments for health care

25 Direct payments for health care: minor and consequential amendments

26 Provision of health services by local authorities

PART 3
GENERAL

27 General interpretation

28 Consequential and transitional provision etc.

29 Coming into force

30 Short title

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 SOCIAL CARE: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

SCHEDULE 2 DIRECT PAYMENTS FOR HEALTH CARE: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

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PART 3GENERAL

27General interpretation

In this Act—

the 2006 Act” (“Deddf 2006”) means the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42);

the 2014 Act” (“Deddf 2014”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4);

the 2016 Act” (“Deddf 2016”) means the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2).

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I1S. 27 in force at 25.3.2025, see s. 29(1)(c)

28Consequential and transitional provision etc.

(1)

The Welsh Ministers may by regulations—

(a)

make provision that is incidental or supplementary to, or consequential on, any provision of this Act;

(b)

make transitional or saving provision in connection with any provision of this Act.

(2)

Regulations under this section—

(a)

may amend, modify, repeal or revoke any enactment, whenever enacted or made, including this Act;

(b)

are to be made by statutory instrument.

(3)

A statutory instrument containing regulations made under this section that amend, modify or repeal an enactment contained in primary legislation may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.

(4)

Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of Senedd Cymru.

(5)

In subsection (3), “primary legislation” means—

(a)

an Act of Senedd Cymru;

(b)

a Measure of the National Assembly for Wales;

(c)

an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I2S. 28 in force at 25.3.2025, see s. 29(1)(c)

29Coming into force

(1)

The following provisions come into force on the day after the day on which this Act receives Royal Assent—

(a)

in Part 1—

(i)

sections 1, 16, 21 and 22 (in so far as it relates to paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1);

(ii)

paragraphs‍‍ 2(1) and (6), 3(b), 5(1) and (4), 7(1), (3), (4), (14) and (15) of Schedule 1;

(b)

in Part 2, sections 23 and 26;

(c)

this Part.

(2)

The other provisions of this Act come into force on a day appointed by the Welsh Ministers in an order made by statutory instrument.

(3)

An order under subsection (2) may make transitional or saving provision.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I3S. 29 in force at 25.3.2025, see s. 29(1)(c)

30Short title

The short title of this Act is the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I4S. 30 in force at 25.3.2025, see s. 29(1)(c)