An Act to establish a National Care Standards Commission; to make provision for the registration and regulation of children’s
homes, independent hospitals, independent clinics, care homes, residential family centres, independent medical agencies, domiciliary care
agencies, fostering agencies, nurses agencies and voluntary adoption agencies; to make provision for the regulation and inspection of local
authority fostering and adoption services; to establish a General Social Care Council and a Care Council for Wales and make provision for
the registration, regulation and training of social care workers; to establish a Children’s Commissioner for Wales; to make provision
for the registration, regulation and training of those providing child minding or day care; to make provision for the protection of
children and vulnerable adults; to amend the law about children looked after in schools and colleges; to repeal the Nurses Agencies Act
1957; to amend Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970; and for connected purposes.
F2The Welsh Council is not to be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown; and F3the Council's property is to not to be regarded as property of, or property held on behalf of, the Crown.
Sch. 1 title substituted (1.8.2012) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), s. 306(4), Sch. 15 para. 43; S.I. 2012/1319, art. 2(4)