The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017

Amendment of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992 E+W+S

5.—(1) The Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 27A (child in care who is allowed to live with their parent), in paragraph (1) after “1989” insert “or under section 81(2) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”.

(3) In Schedule 2 (amounts to be disregarded when calculating or estimating N and M)—

(a) after paragraph 31, insert—

“31A.   In Wales, any payment made by a local authority under—

(a) section 37 or 38 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 but excluding any direct payment made in accordance with regulations made under section 51 of that Act; or

(b) section 104 of that Act as it applies to category 5 or category 6 young persons within the meaning of section 104(2) of that Act.”;

(b) in paragraph 48C—

(i) the existing provision is to stand as sub-paragraph (1);

(ii) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(2) In relation to Wales, any payment to a person as a direct payment made in accordance with regulations made under sections 50 to 52 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (direct payments) in respect of his securing services under Part 4 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 5 in force at 3.11.2017, see art. 1

(1)

S.I. 1992/1815; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/913, 1996/3196, 2001/155, 2004/1748, 2012/2785, 2014/513, 2014/1386 and 2014/1621. These regulations are revoked in relation to particular cases.