The title of these Regulations is the Local Authority Adoption Services (Wales) Regulations 2019.

These Regulations come into force on 29 April 2019.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Adoption and Children Act 2002;

• “the 2016 Act” (“Deddf 2016”) means the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 20162;

• “adoption support services” (“gwasanaethau cymorth mabwysiadu”) has the meaning given in section 2(6) of the Act and regulation 3 of the Adoption Support Services (Local Authorities) (Wales) Regulations 20053;

• “DBS certificate” (“tystysgrif GDG”) means a certificate of a type referred to in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 2;

• “Disclosure and Barring Service” (“y Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd”) and “DBS” (“GDG”) mean the body formed by section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 20124;

• “employee” (“cyflogai”) has the same meaning as in section 230(1) of the Employment Rights Act 19965;

• “individual” (“unigolyn”) means, unless the context indicates otherwise—

  1. a

     a child who may be adopted, their parent or guardian,

  2. b

     a person wishing to adopt a child, or

  3. c

     an adopted person, their parent, birth parent or former guardian,

  who is receiving support of the type which a local authority adoption service is required to provide in accordance with the Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 20056 or the Access to Information (Post-Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 20057, or

  1. a

     any person receiving adoption support services;

• “local authority adoption service” (“gwasanaeth mabwysiadu awdurdod lleol”) means the discharge by a local authority of the functions under the Act of making or participating in arrangements for the adoption of children or the provision of adoption support services;

• “local authority in England” (“awdurdod lleol yn Lloegr”) means—

  1. a

     a county council in England,

  2. b

     a district council for an area in England for which there is no county council,

  3. c

     a London borough council, or

  4. d

     the Common Council of the City of London;

• “reasonable adjustments” (“addasiadau rhesymol”) means such reasonable adjustments as would be required under the Equality Act 20108;

• “representative” (“cynrychiolydd”) means any person having legal authority, or the consent of the individual, to act on the individual’s behalf;

• “the service” (“y gwasanaeth”) means the local authority adoption service;

• “service provider” (“darparwr gwasanaeth”) means the local authority providing the local authority adoption service;

• “service regulator” (“y rheoleiddiwr gwasanaethau”) means the Welsh Ministers in the exercise of their regulatory functions as defined in section 3(1)(b) of the 2016 Act;

• “social care manager” (“rheolwr gofal cymdeithasol”) has the meaning given in section 79(1)(b) of the 2016 Act;

• “Social Care Wales” (“Gofal Cymdeithasol Cymru”) has the meaning given in section 67(3) of the 2016 Act;

• “staff” (“staff”) includes—

  1. a

     persons employed by the service provider to work at the service as an employee or a worker, and

  2. b

     persons engaged by the service provider under a contract for services,

  but does not include persons who are allowed to work as volunteers;

• “statement of purpose” (“datganiad o ddiben”) means the document containing the information which must be provided in accordance with Schedule 1 for the place in relation to which the service is provided;

• “worker” (“gweithiwr”) has the same meaning as in section 230(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.