The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) and (Coronavirus) (Revocation) Regulations 2022

Amendments to the Regulated Services Regulations

8.  In regulation 49 (application of Part 13)—

(a) in paragraph (2), for the text describing Category C premises, substitute—

“Category C: The premises consist of a building which was unoccupied immediately prior to the service provider’s registration but was previously used for any of the following purposes—

(a) for the purpose of providing an accommodation-based service at a place specified as a condition to the registration of another service-provider;

(b) as an establishment in respect of which a person was registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000(1) to provide accommodation in a children’s home, a care home, or a residential family centre;

(c) as an establishment in respect of which a person was registered under Part 1 or 2 of the Registered Homes Act 1984(2) to provide residential accommodation for persons in need of personal care (by reason of old age, disablement, drug or alcohol dependence or mental disorder);

(d) as an establishment in respect of which a person was registered in a register kept for the purposes of section 60 of the Children Act 1989(3), or under Part 8 of that Act, to provide residential accommodation for children.”;

(b) for paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4) In this regulation—

(a) “accommodation-based service” means a care home service, a secure accommodation service or a residential family centre service;

(b) “children’s home”, “care home” and residential family centre” have the meanings respectively given in sections 1, 3 and 4 of the Care Standards Act 2000 as it had effect in Wales immediately before 1 April 2017.”

(1)

2000 c. 14.

(2)

1984 c. 23.

(3)

1989 c. 41.