The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 No. 413 (W. 131)

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) E+W

149.  The Housing Act 1996 is amended as follows. E+W

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 149 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 2(1)

150.  In section 213A of the Housing Act 1996(1) (co-operation in certain cases involving children)— E+W

(a) in subsection (5)(b) after “Part 3 of the Children Act 1989” insert “or Part 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”;

(b) in subsection (7), in the definition of “the social services department”, after “Part 3 of the Children Act 1989” insert “or Part 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 150 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 2(1)

151.  In section 217 of the Housing Act 1996 (minor definitions: Part 7), in the definition of “social services authority”— E+W

(a) after “means” insert

“—

(a)

in relation to England”;

(b) at the end insert—

“(b) in relation to Wales, a local authority exercising social services functions for the purposes of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.”

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 151 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 2(1)

(1)

Section 213A was inserted by the Homelessness Act 2002 (c. 7), section 12.