The Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 8 (Wales) and Transitional, Savings and Consequential Provisions) Order 2002

Citation, interpretation and application

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 8 (Wales) and Transitional, Savings and Consequential Provisions) Order 2002.

(2) In this Order—

“the 2000 Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000;

“the 1984 Act” means the Registered Homes Act 1984(1);

“the 1989 Act” means the Children Act 1989(2);

“community home” means a home that was a community home within the meaning of section 53 of the 1989 Act immediately before 1st April 2002;

“existing registered home” means—

(a)

a residential care home, nursing home or mental nursing home in respect of which immediately before 1st April 2002 a person was registered under Part I or Part II of the 1984 Act;

(b)

a home that immediately before 1st April 2002 was registered under Part VIII of the 1989 Act or in a register kept for the purposes of section 60 of the 1989 Act;

“mental nursing home” has the meaning given to it in section 22 of the 1984 Act;

“No. 2 Commencement Order” means the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2001(3);

“National Assembly” means the National Assembly for Wales;

“nursing home” has the meaning given to it in section 21 of the 1984 Act

“residential care home” shall be construed in accordance with section 1(1) of the 1984 Act

(3) In this Order a reference in an article to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph in that article bearing that number.

(4) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

(1)

1984 c. 23.

(2)

1989 c. 41.

(3)

S.I. 2001/139.