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Welsh Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 3285 (W.249) (C.140)

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

PUBLIC HEATH, WALES

SOCIAL CARE, WALES

The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 Commencement (Wales) (No. 3) Order 2005

Made

29 November 2005

Coming into force

30 December 2005

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 199(1) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003(1) hereby makes the following Order:

Title and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 Commencement (Wales) (No. 3) Order 2005.

(2) In this Order, “the 2003 Act” means the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003.

Appointed days

2.—(1) In relation to Wales 30 December 2005 is the day appointed for section 117 of the Act to come into force.

(2) 1 April 2006 is the day appointed for the following provisions of the 2003 Act to come into force—

(a)sections 114(3) and (4) in relation to Wales and in so far as they are not already in force(2);

(b)section 116(2); and

(c)sections 107, 114(5), 115(1), (2), (4), (5) and (6) and 116(3) in relation to Wales.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(3)

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

29 November 2005

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the third commencement order made by the National Assembly for Wales under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (“the Act”). It brings certain provisions of the Act connected to Wales into force on either 30 December 2005 or 1 April 2006, as specified.

Article 2(1) brings into force on 30 December section 117 of the Act which extends the duty on local authorities in respect of consideration of representations to those made about special guardianship support services.

Article 2(2)(a) brings into force parts of sections 114 and 115 which make provision in relation to regulations which may be made by the Assembly about the handling and consideration of complaints about social services.

Article 2(2)(b) commences section 116(2) which inserts section 26ZB into the Children Act 1989.

Article 2(c) commences in relation to Wales, section 107, which inserts a children’s home providing secure accommodation into the definition of establishments in the Care Standards Act 2000. It also commences, in relation to Wales, section 116(3) which inserts section 26(2A) into the Children Act 1989 extending the requirement on local authorities to provide assistance for persons making representations under section 24D or 26 of that Act to further consideration of those representations.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The provisions of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 listed in the table below have been brought into force in Wales by commencement orders made before the date of this Order. The provisions commenced by SI 2003/3346 and SI 2004/759 have been commenced in relation to England and Wales. The provisions commenced by SI 2004/480 (W.49) and 2004/873 (W.88) have been commenced in relation to Wales.

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.I. No.
Section 11.4.20042004/759
Sections 2 to 41.1.20042003/3346
Sections 5 to 201.4.20042004/759
Sections 22 to 351.4.20042004/759
Section 361.1.20042003/3346
Sections 37 to 391.4.20042004/759
Section 401.1.20042003/3346
Section 418.1.20042003/3346
Section 4311.3.20042004/759
Section 441.4.20042004/759
Sections 45 and 461.4.20042004/759
Section 47 as to Wales1.4.20042004/873 (W.88)
Sections 48 and 491.4.20042004/759
Section 50(1) (partially)1.4.20042004/759
Section 50(1) (partially)1.4.20062004/759
Section 50(2) and (3)1.4.20052004/759
Section 50(4)1.4.20062004/759
Section 50(5)1.4.20042004/759
Section 51(1) to (3) and (6)1.4.20042004/759
Section 51(4)1.4.20052004/759
Section 52(1) to (4), (6) and (7)1.4.20052004/759
Section 52(5)1.4.20052004/759
Sections 53 to 571.4.20042004/759
Sections 60 and 611.4.20042004/759
Sections 64 to 681.4.20042004/759
Sections 70—75 as to Wales1.4.20042004/873 (W.88)
Sections 92—101, as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/873 (W.88)
Section 1021.4.20042004/759
Section 1031.4.20042004/759
Section 1061.4.20042004/759
Section 1081.4.20042004/759
Section 109 as to Wales1.4.20042004/873 (W.88)
Section 1111.4.20042004/759
Sections 118 and 1191.6.20042004/759
Section 120 and 1211.4.20042004/759
Section 1231.4.20042004/759
Section 1241.4.20042004/759
Section 1261.4.20042004/759
Section 1281.4.20042004/759
Section 1301.4.20042004/759
Section 1321.4.20042004/759
Section 1341.4.20042004/759
Section 136 to 1381.4.20042004/759
Section 1401.4.20042004/759
Sections 142 to 145 as to Wales1.4.20042004/873 (W.88)
Section 1461.4.20042004/759
Section 147 (partially)8.1.20042003/3346
Section 147 as to England (partially)11.3.20042004/759
Section 147 (partially)1.4.20042004/759
Section 147 (partially)1.6.20042004/759
Section 1481.1.20042003/3346
Section 174 as to Wales (partially)28.2.20042004/480
Section 174 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Section 175 as to Wales28.2.20042004/480
Section 176 as to Wales28.2.20042004/480
Section 179(1) as to Wales (partially)28.2.20042004/480
Section 179(2) as to Wales28.2.20042004/480
Section 180 as to Wales (partially)28.2.20042004/480
Section 184 as to Wales (partially)28.2.20042004/480
Section 184 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Section 189(1)1.4.20042004/759
Section 196 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Section 196 (partially)1.4.20042004/759
Schedule 11.4.20042004/759
Schedule 21.1.20042003/3346
Schedules 3 to 51.4.20042004/759
Schedule 68.1.20042003/3346
Schedule 811.3.20042004/759
Schedule 9
Paragraphs 1, 3, 5 to 8, 13 and 31 (partially)8.1.20042003/3346
Paragraphs 2, 14, 16 to 20, 22, 23(a), 25, 29 and 301.4.20042004/759
Paragraphs 9 and 111.6.20042004/759
Paragraphs 10, 21, 24, 26 to 28 and 32 as to England1.4.20042004/759
Paragraph 12 (partially)11.3.20042004/759
Schedule 11
Paragraph 1 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 2 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 3(2)(a) and (3) to (5) and 3(1) as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 4 to 6 to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 7 as to Wales (partially)28.2.20042004/480
Paragraph 7 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 8 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 9 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 10 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 13 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 20 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 21(2) as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 22(1) as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 22(2) and 22(3)(a), (5)(b) and (7) to (9) as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 22(8)(b) and (9) as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 23 as to Wales (partially)28.2.20042004/480
Paragraph 23 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 24(a) as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 25 to 27 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 36(a) as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 37 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 38 as to Wales (partially)28.2.20042004/480
Paragraph 39 as to Wales (partially)28.2.20042004/480
Paragraph 40 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 41 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 42 to 44 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 45 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 46(1) as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 46(2)(a) and (3)(a) as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 47 to 49 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 51 to 52 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 53 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 55 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 56 to 59 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 60 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 61 to 64 as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 65 and 67(a) as to Wales1.4.20042004/480
Paragraph 69 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Paragraphs 70 to 74 as to Wales1.4.20042004//480
Schedule 14 as to Wales (partially)1.4.20042004/480
Schedule 14 Part 11.4.20042004/759
(1)

2003 c. 43. The powers are conferred upon the appropriate authority. See section 199(2) for the definition of “appropriate authority” for the purposes of section 199(1).

(2)

See section 199(4) of the 2003 Act.