The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016

51.  In section 16(1) (interpretation) E+W

(a) in the definition of “disabled person”, for paragraph (a)(1) substitute—

“(a) in relation to Wales means a person who is disabled within the meaning of section 3 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; and”;

(b) in the definition of “local authority”—

(i) after “1970” insert “or the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”;

(ii) for “that Act” substitute “the 1970 Act”;

(c) in the definition of “the welfare enactments”—

(i) omit “Part III of the 1948 Act, section 2 of the 1970 Act and”;

(ii) in paragraph (za)(2), after “England,” insert “section 2 of the 1970 Act,”;

(iii) in paragraph (a)(3), for the words from “Schedule 15” to the end of the paragraph insert “Parts 4 and 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”;

(d) for subsection (2)(4) substitute—

“(2) In this Act as it applies in relation to England, any reference to a child who is looked after by a local authority has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Children Act 1989.

(2ZA) In this Act as it applies in relation to Wales, any reference to a child who is looked after by a local authority has the same meaning as in Part 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.”

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 51 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 2(1)

(1)

Paragraph (a) in the definition of “disabled person” was amended by the Children Act 1989, Schedule 13, paragraph 61 and by S.I. 2015/914, Schedule, paragraphs 36, 41(1), (3).

(2)

Paragraph (za) in the definition of “welfare enactments” was inserted by S.I. 2015/914, Schedule, paragraphs 36, 41(1), (4).

(3)

Paragraph (a) in the definition of “welfare enactments” was amended by S.I. 2015/914, Schedule, paragraphs 36, 41(1), (5) and by the Children Act 1989, Schedule 13, paragraph 61.

(4)

Section 16(2) was inserted by the Children Act 1989, Schedule 13, paragraph 61.