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

Children Act 1989 (c. 41)

4.  In section 80(1)—

(a) in the following provisions for “Secretary of State” in each place that it occurs, substitute “Appropriate National Authority”—

(i) subsection (1);

(ii) subsection (2);

(iii) subsection (4);

(iv) subsection (7);

(v) subsection (11);

(b) in subsection (1)(a), after “home” insert “in England”;

(c) in subsection (1)(j), after “home” insert “in England”;

(d) in subsection (4), for “him” in both places it occurs substitute “it”;

(e) in subsection (4)(c), for “his” substitute “its”;

(f) in subsection (5)(c), after “home” insert “in England”;

(g) after subsection (11) insert—

“(11A) But subsections (1), (4) and (6) do not apply if—

(a) the Appropriate National Authority is the Welsh Ministers; and

(b) the inspection relates to a private children’s home or a care home (see, instead the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2)).”;

(h) after subsection (13) insert—

“(14) In this section “Appropriate National Authority” means—

(a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State; and

(b) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers.”;

(i) in the heading, for “Secretary of State” substitute “the Appropriate National Authority”.

(1)

In section 80(1)(a), the word “private” was inserted by the Care Standards Act 2000, section 116 and Schedule 4, paragraph 14(16).