The Private and Voluntary Health Care and Miscellaneous (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Amendment of the Registration of Social Care and Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002

5.—(1) The Registration of Social Care and Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002(1) are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) in the definition of “appropriate office of the National Assembly”, after paragraph (j) insert—

“(k) in relation to an independent medical agency—

(i) if an office has been specified under regulation 2(2) of the Private and Voluntary Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002 for the area in which the independent medical agency is situated, that office;

(ii) in any other case, any office of the National Assembly.”;

(b) in the definition of “statement of purpose” in paragraph (c) insert the words “or independent medical agency” after “independent clinic”.

(1)

S.I. 2002/919 (W.107) as amended by S.I. 2003/237 (W.35) S.I. 2003/710 (W.86), 2003/2517 (W.242), S.I. 2003/2527 (W.242) S.I. 2003/2709 (W.260) and S.I. 2004/219 (W.23).