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(1)Regulations may require a local authority to arrange for advocacy services to be made available to people with needs for care and support (whether or not those needs are being met by a local authority); this is subject to section 182.
(2)“Advocacy services” are services which provide assistance (by way of representation or otherwise) to persons for purposes relating to their care and support.
(3)The regulations may specify—
(a)the persons, or description of persons, to whom advocacy services are to be made available;
(b)the circumstances in which advocacy services are to be made available;
(c)the persons, or description of persons, by whom advocacy services may, or may not, be provided.
(4)The regulations must require a local authority to give publicity to its arrangements for making advocacy services available.
Commencement Information
I1S. 181 in force at 6.4.2016 by S.I. 2016/412, art. 2 (with art. 4, Schs. 1, 2)
(1)Regulations under section 181 may not require advocacy services to be made available to a person—
(a)for the purpose of making a complaint in respect of which a local authority is required to make arrangements for the provision of assistance to the person by virtue of regulations under section 173;
(b)for the purpose of making representations in respect of which a local authority is required to make arrangements for the provision of assistance to the person under section 178;
(c)for purposes in respect of which the Welsh Ministers are required to make arrangements to enable an independent mental health advocate to be available under section 130E of the Mental Health Act 1983;
(d)for purposes in respect of which a local authority is required to make arrangements for the provision of independent advocacy services under section [F1332BB of the Education Act 1996][F169 of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018] or paragraph 6D of Schedule 17 to the Equality Act 2010;
(e)for purposes in respect of which the Welsh Ministers are required to make arrangements to enable an independent mental capacity advocate to be available under section 35 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005;
(f)for the purpose of making a complaint in respect of which the Welsh Ministers are required to arrange for the provision of independent advocacy services under section 187 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006.
(2)Where—
(a)advocacy services are being provided for a person under section 15, 17, 35, 36, 37 or 38, and
(b)regulations under section 181 would (apart from this subsection) impose a requirement upon a local authority to make advocacy services available to that person in respect of the same matters,
that requirement does not apply.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 182(1)(d) substituted (1.9.2021 for specified purposes, 1.1.2022 for specified purposes, 1.9.2022 for specified purposes) by Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2), s. 100(3), Sch. 1 para. 24(3); S.I. 2021/373, arts. 3, 4, 6, 7 (as amended by S.I. 2021/938, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1243, art. 3 (with arts. 4-23) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1244, art. 3 (with arts. 4-21) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 3); S.I. 2021/1245, arts. 3, 4 (with art. 1(4)); S.I. 2022/891, art. 3 (with arts. 4-25); S.I. 2022/892, arts. 2, 3 (with arts. 4-18); S.I. 2022/893, art. 4; S.I. 2022/894, art. 3; S.I. 2022/895, arts. 3, 4; S.I. 2022/896, art. 3 (with arts. 1(7), 4-22); S.I. 2022/897, art. 3 (with arts. 1(8), 4-21); S.I. 2022/898, arts. 2, 3
Commencement Information
I2S. 182 in force at 6.4.2016 by S.I. 2016/412, art. 2 (with art. 4, Schs. 1, 2)
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Textual Amendments
F2S. 183 repealed (2.4.2018) by Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2), s. 188(1), Sch. 3 para. 31; S.I. 2017/1326, art. 2(3)(h), Sch. (with art. 6)
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