12GuidanceE+W
(1)The Commissioner may issue guidance on best practice in connection with any matter relating to the interests of older people in Wales.
(2)Guidance under subsection (1) may be issued to—
(a)the [F1Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales or the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government]F1;
(b)persons mentioned in Schedule 2;
(c)persons providing regulated services in Wales.
(3)Before issuing guidance under subsection (1) the Commissioner must consult such persons as he thinks appropriate.
(4)Where guidance issued under this section is applicable to a person mentioned in subsection (2), that person must have regard to the guidance in discharging his functions.
(5)In discharging his functions in respect of a person mentioned in subsection (2), the Commissioner may have regard to the extent to which the person has complied with any guidance issued under this section which is applicable to that person.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 12(2)(a) substituted (the amendment coming into force immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) in accordance with art. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I. and see ss. 46, 161(5) of Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), arts. 1(2)(3), 3, Sch. 1 para. 132