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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SCHEDULE 1SOCIAL CARE: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

PART 1PROVISION OF SOCIAL CARE SERVICES TO CHILDREN: MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)

1

(1)

The 2014 Act is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 82—

(a)

in subsection (1), for “section 81(6)(d)” substitute “section 81A(3)(d)”;

(b)

in subsection (2), for “section 81(6)(d)” substitute “section 81A(3)(d)”.

(3)

In section 89—

(a)

in the heading, for “section 81(6)(d)” substitute “section 81A(3)(d)”;

(b)

in subsection (1), for “section 81(6)(d)” substitute “section 81A(3)(d)”.

(4)

In section 92(2), for “section 81(11)” substitute “section 81C(2)”.

(5)

In section 94A(1)(a), for “section 81” substitute “sections 81 to 81D”.

(6)

In section 174(3)(e), for “section 81(11)” substitute “section 81C(2)”.

(7)

In section 186(4)(c), for “section 81” substitute “sections 81 to 81D”.

(8)

In section 197(1), in the appropriate places insert—

““for-profit provider” (“darparwr er elw”) has the meaning given by section 75A(4);”;

““private provider” (“darparwr preifat”) has the meaning given by section 75A(5);”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 29(2)

Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2)

2

(1)

The 2016 Act is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 13, in subsection (5), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

in the case of variation—

(i)

under subsection (1), (3)(a) or (c) or (4)(a), or

(ii)

in accordance with paragraph 3(4)(a) of Schedule 1A,

the requirements of sections 18 and 19 are met;”.

(3)

In section 15, in subsection (3), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

in the case of—

(i)

cancellation on the grounds set out in subsection (1)(a), (b), (ba) or (g), or

(ii)

cancellation in accordance with paragraph 3(4)(b) of Schedule 1A,

the requirements of sections 18 and 19 are met;”.

(4)

In section 64, in the appropriate places insert—

““children’s home service” (“gwasanaeth cartref plant”) has the meaning given by section 2A;”;

““restricted children’s service” (“gwasanaeth plant o dan gyfyngiad) has the meaning given by section 2A;”.

(5)

In section 187, in subsection (2)—

(a)

after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca)

section 6A(3)(b) (regulations prescribing public goods to which a person’s objects or purposes must primarily relate);”;

(b)

after paragraph (w) insert—

“(x)

paragraphs 1(1)(b) and 3(1) of Schedule 1A (regulations in relation to transitional period for restricted children’s services).”

(6)

In Schedule 1—

(a)

in paragraph 1(1)—

(i)

for the words “at a place” substitute “,”;

(ii)

after the words “in Wales” omit “,”;

(b)

in paragraph 1(4), for the words “by a” to the end substitute “does not constitute a care home service if the accommodation and care is provided by—

(a)

a person, other than a local authority, who has parental responsibility for the child;

(b)

a relative of the child;

(c)

a foster parent in relation to the child (but see also paragraph 5A(3) of Schedule 7 to the Children Act 1989 (c. 41).”;

(c)

for paragraph 1(6) substitute—

“(6)

In sub-paragraph (4), “parental responsibility has the meaning given by section 3 of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41).”

Annotations:
Commencement Information

I2Sch. 1 para. 2(1)(6) in force at 25.3.2025, see s. 29(1)(a)(ii)