(1)Regulations may, for any purpose connected with the Commissioner's functions, confer further functions on him.
(2)The reference in subsection (1) to the Commissioner's functions does not include—
(a)his powers under sections 2(3) and 9, to the extent that they are exercised in a field in which [F1neither the Welsh Minsters, the First Minister for Wales nor the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government have functions;F1]
(b)his powers under section 13.
(3)Regulations under subsection (1) may, for the purposes of a function conferred on the Commissioner by the regulations, confer power on the Commissioner or a person authorised by him—
(a)to enter any premises, other than a private dwelling, for the purpose of interviewing an older person accommodated or cared for there;
(b)to interview the older person, if the older person consents.
(4)Where regulations under subsection (1) confer power to interview an older person, the interview must be conducted—
(a)if the older person requires another person to be present, in that other person's presence; and
(b)otherwise in the presence of others only to the extent that the older person and the Commissioner have consented to their being present.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 14(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. 133