Regulations

Regulations are secondary legislation to be used where more detail or prescription is needed in implementing an Act.

Below you'll find a list of regulations made under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. Each regulation is hyperlinked to its relevant documents.

Unless stated otherwise, the regulations came into force on 6 April 2016.

Part 2 – General Functions

• The Care and Support (Population Assessments) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Partnership Arrangements for Population Assessments) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Social Enterprise, Co-operative and Third Sector) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Area Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (came into force on 1 April 2017)

Download the guidance associated with these regulations

Part 3 – Assessing the Needs of Individuals

• The Care and Support (Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2015

Part 4 – Meeting Needs

• The Care and Support (Eligibility) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Care Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Choice of Accommodation) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Provision of Health Services) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care Planning and Case Review (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (came into force on 23 July 2017)

Part 5 – Charging and Financial Assessment

• The Care and Support (Financial Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Charging) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Review of Charging Decisions and Determinations) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Deferred Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Choice of Accommodation, Charging and Financial Assessment) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (came into force on 10 April 2017)
• The Care and Support (Charging) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (came into force on 9 April 2018)
• The Care and Support (Charging) and (Financial Assessment) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (came into force 8 April 2019)

Part 6 – Looked After and Accommodated Children

• The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care Leavers (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Visits to Children in Detention (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
• The Children And Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Reviewed Case Referral) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (came into force 12 February 2018)
• The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (came into force 2 April 2018)
• The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (came into force 2 April 2018)
• The Fostering Panels (Establishment and Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (came into force 29 April 2019)
  

Part 7 – Safeguarding

• The Adult Protection and Support Orders (Authorised Officer) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Safeguarding Boards (Functions and Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Safeguarding Boards (General) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The National Independent Safeguarding Board (Wales) Regulations 2015 (came into force on 1 October 2015)
  
• The National Independent Safeguarding Board (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2015 (came into force on 25 November 2015)
• The Safeguarding Boards (General) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (came into force 25 May 2018)

Part 8 - Social Services Functions

• The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) Regulations 2017

These regulations set out the requirements for Annual Reports that local authorities must complete in respect of their social services functions. The regulations came into force on 4 September 2017.

Download the guidance associated with these Regulations.

Download the template associated with these Regulations.

Part 9 – Co-operation and Partnership

• The Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Partnership Arrangements (Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (came into force on 1 April 2017)
• The Partnership Arrangements and Population Assessments (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (came into force 1 April 2019)

Part 10 - Complaints, Representations and Advocacy Services

• The Arrangements for Assistance for Persons Making Representations (Wales) Regulations 2019 (came into force 1 April 2019)

Part 11 – Miscellaneous and General

• The Care and Support (Ordinary Residence) (Specified Accommodation) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Disputes about Ordinary Residence, etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Care and Support (Business Failure) (Wales) Regulations 2015
• The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Isles of Scilly Modification) Regulations 2018 (came into force 4 February 2019)

Related regulations

• The Special Guardianship (Wales) (Amendments) Regulations 2018

These regulations make amendments to the Special Guardianship (Wales) Regulations 2005 in respect of matters to be included in local authority reports to the court and provisions of special guardianship support services to former looked after children living in another local authority area. They came into force on 2 July 2018, along with a new code of practice.

Consequential regulations

• The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016

These regulations amend primary legislation that currently underpins the provision of care and support for people, and support for carers, in Wales.

• The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016
• The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) and Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016
• The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (came into force 5 April 2016)
• The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2017 (came into force on 1 December 2017).

These regulations make further minor amendments to primary legislation.

Commencement Order

• The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No.3, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016

This order was signed by the Minister for Health and Social Services on 19 March 2016 and brought the Act into force on 6 April 2016.