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WRITTEN STATEMENT
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THE WELSH GOVERNMENT
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Launch of the first tranche of consultations in relation to the implementation of Parts 2, 3, 4, 7 and 11 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 |
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6th November 2014 |
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Professor Mark Drakeford AM, Minister for Health and Social Services |
Earlier this year Gwenda Thomas AM, then Deputy Minister for Social Services, issued a written statement announcing the Welsh Government’s approach to implementing the subordinate legislation to be made under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.
The first tranche of regulations, together with the related codes of practice and statutory guidance to be made under the Act, will be made available for a 12-week public consultation starting on 6 November this yearand will cover the following sections of the Act:
· Population assessments under part 2 of the Act and partnership working under part 6
· Social enterprises, co-operatives, user led services and the third sector
· Assessments and eligibility
· Direct Payments
· Adult Protection and Support Orders
· National Independent Safeguarding Boards
· Local Safeguarding Boards
· Ordinary residence and disputes about ordinary residence
These policy areas are embodied within parts 2, 3, 4, 7 and 11 of the Act and are presented in four linked consultation packages. The four consultations can be accessed through the Welsh Government website:
http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/healthsocialcare/?lang=en
Following completion of this extensive consultation and the post-consultation analysis it is my intention that these regulations will be laid before the National Assembly for Wales in May 2015.
A second tranche of regulations and codes of practice, principally in relation to parts 5, 6 and 9 of the Act will be made available for consultation from May 2015 with a view to being laid before the National Assembly for Wales late in 2015. I will be seeking to lay the codes of practice in relation to the first tranche at this time also, to enable them to be seen and agreed as a coherent package.