The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2019

Special Guardianship Regulations 2005

10.—(1) The Special Guardianship Regulations 2005(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4(2) (arrangements for securing provision of services), for paragraph (b) substitute—

(b)“adoption support agency” has the same meaning as in the Adoption and Children Act 2002;

(c)“fostering agency”—

(a)

in relation to England, means a fostering agency within the meaning of section 4(4) of the Care Standards Act 2000, and

(b)

in relation to Wales, means a fostering service within the meaning of paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016;

(d)“registered” in relation to any such agency means that a person is registered in respect of it under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 or Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016.

(1)

S.I. 2005/1109, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.