The Care Planning and Case Review (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Amendment of the Care and Support (Care Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2015

3.—(1) The Care and Support (Care Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2015(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(3) (title, commencement, application and interpretation), in the appropriate place insert the following—

““the Partnership Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Partneriaeth”) means the Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2015(2);

“family” (“teulu”), in relation to a person who is part of a family which is receiving support from an IFS team, has the meaning given in regulation 18(3) of the Partnership Regulations;

“IFS team” (“tîm integredig cymorth i deuluoedd”) means an integrated family support team established by a partnership body in accordance with the Partnership Regulations(3);

“parent” (“rhiant”), in relation to a child who is part of a family which is receiving support from an IFS team, has the meaning given in regulation 18(5) of the Partnership Regulations;

“partnership body” (“corff partneriaeth”) has the meaning given in regulation 1(4) of the Partnership Regulations;”.

(3) In regulation 4 (review of plans)—

(a) after paragraph (1) insert the following—

“(1A) The local authority must review a care and support plan or a support plan if the person to whom the plan relates is part of a family whose case has been referred to an IFS team and the family has been notified that their case will be supported by that team.”.

(b) after paragraph (2) insert the following—

“(3) The considerations to which the local authority must have regard when reviewing a person’s care and support plan or support plan where the person is part of a family which is being supported by an IFS team are set out in the Schedule.”.

(4) At the end of the Regulations insert the Schedule set out in Schedule 3 to these Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 2015/1335 (W. 126).

(2)

S.I. 2015/1989 (W. 299). These Regulations were amended by S.I. 2017/491 (W. 103).

(3)

See regulation 16 of the Partnership Regulations (establishment of integrated family support teams). Sections 166 to 169 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4) make provision for partnership arrangements between each local health board and the local authorities within the area of each local health board in Wales to establish a partnership body to participate in arrangements for the carrying out of specified health and social services functions in partnership.