The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”) make provision about the form and content of applications for registration and applications for variation of a registration under Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (“the 2016 Act”).

Special school residential services are prescribed as a “regulated service” for the purposes of Part 1 of the 2016 Act by the Regulated Services (Special School Residential Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023.

These Regulations make amendments to integrate references to this new regulated service into the 2017 Regulations.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Department of Health and Social Services, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ and is published on www.gov.wales.