These Regulations may be cited as the Children Act 1989 and the Care Standards Act 2000 (Miscellaneous Regulations) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002, and shall come into force on 31st December 2002.

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

In these Regulations—

• “1984 Act” (“Deddf 1984”) means the Registered Homes Act 19844;

• “1989 Act” (“Deddf 1989”) means the Children Act 1989;

• “2000 Act” (“Deddf 2000”) means the Care Standards Act 2000;

• “home” (“cartref”) means—

  1. a

     a community home within the meaning of section 53 of the 1989 Act;

  2. b

     a home that was registered under Part VIII of the 1989 Act5;

  3. c

     a home that was registered in a register kept for the purposes of section 60 of the 1989 Act6;

  4. d

     a home referred to in article 3(9) of the No. 8 Commencement Order7;

  5. e

     a residential care home within the meaning of section 1(1) of the 1984 Act, a nursing home within the meaning of section 21 of the 1984 Act, and a mental nursing home within the meaning of section 22 of the 1984 Act8.

• “the No. 8 Commencement Order” (“Gorchymyn Cychwyn Rhif 8”) means the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 8 (Wales) and Transitional, Savings and Consequential Provisions) Order 20029.