The Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
| Jurisdiction | Wales |
| Citation | SI 2019/545 (W119) |
2019 No. 545 (W. 119)
Social Care, Wales
The Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Made 12th March 2019
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 13th March 2019
Coming into force 29th April 2019
The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 87, 92, 94A and 196(2) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 20141.
Title and commencement
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 29 April 2019.
Amendment of the Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2018
2. The Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 20182are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 7(1) (requirement to appoint a local authority manager), for “one of its officers” substitute “an officer”;
(b) in the Welsh text of regulation 10(5) (requirement to provide the service in accordance with policies and procedures), for “baragraff (1)(a), (b), (g) ac (i)” substitute “baragraff (1)(a), (b), (c) ac (h)”;
(c) in the English text of regulation 11 (duty of candour)—
(i) for paragraph (d) substitute—
“(d)
“(d) in the case of a child who is placed with an area authority, that area authority.”;
(ii) omit paragraph (e);
(d) in regulation 26(1) (access to health services), for “the health and development” substitute “the physical, mental and emotional health and development”;
(e) in regulation 29(2)(e) (fitness of staff), for “1 September 2022” substitute “1 April 2022”.
Julie Morgan
Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, under authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
12 March 2019
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2018 ( S.I. 2018/1339 (W. 261)) (“the 2018 Regulations”).
Regulation 2(a) amends regulation 7 of the 2018 Regulations in order to allow a local authority provider to appoint an officer from another local authority to be responsible for the management of the fostering service.
Regulation 2(b) makes an amendment to the Welsh text of regulation 10 of the 2018 Regulations, to effect equivalence with the English text.
Regulation 2(c) makes an amendment to...
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