Statutory Instruments with Clear Reports
6 February 2017
SL(5)050 – The Rentcharges (Redemption Price) (Wales) Regulations 2017
Procedure: Negative
These Regulations prescribe the formula which is to be applied in calculating the redemption price of rentcharges and other rents in Wales. The formula, to be used in the Rentcharges Act 1977, uses the published “over 30 not over 30.5 year” National Loans Fund interest rate to determine its yield element. This replaces the 2½ % Consolidated Stock gilt which was used in the formula previously contained in the 1977 Act, but was called and redeemed by HM Treasury in 2015.
Parent Act: Rentcharges Act 1977
Date Made: 16 January 2017
Date Laid: 19 January 2017
Coming into force date: 10 February 2017
SL(5)053 – The Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Procedure: Negative
The Regulations make minor amendments to the classes prescribed by Regulation 4 (Class A) and Regulation 5 (Class B) of the Council Tax (Prescribed Classes of Dwellings) (Wales) Regulations 1998. They adjust the wording to clarify that these classes comprise dwellings of which there is no resident and that are substantially furnished.
Parent Act: Local Government Finance Act 1992
Date Made: 23 January 2017
Date Laid: 25 January 2017
Coming into force date: 15 February 2017
SL(5)055 – The Children’s Homes (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Procedure: Negative
These Regulations amend the Children’s Homes (Wales) Regulations 2002.
The amendments make provision for the giving of notifications in the event of a death of a child accommodated in a secure children’s home. In particular, the registered person is required to notify the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales (“the PPO”) if any child accommodated in a secure children’s home dies.
The amendments also require the registered person of a secure children’s home to allow the PPO to investigate the death.
Parent Act: Care Standards Act 2000
Date Made: 24 January 2017
Date Laid: 26 January 2017
Coming into force date: 1 April 2017
SL(5)058 – The Care and Support (Area Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2017
Procedure: Negative
Section 14A of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) requires local authorities and Local Health Boards to each prepare and publish a plan following the carrying out of an assessment of needs under section 14 of the 2014 Act (known as a “population assessment”). This plan (known as an “area plan”) must set out, amongst other things, the range and level of services the body proposes to provide, or arrange to be provided, in response to the population assessment.
These Regulations make provision about area plans, including specifying when an area plan is to be published (regulation 2), the review and revision of area plans (regulation 3), persons who should be provided with copies of area plans (regulation 4), the taking of steps to engage with citizens, private and third sector organisations and public bodies in the preparation of area plans (regulations 5 and 6) and the monitoring and evaluation of area plans (regulation 7).
The Regulations include provision for how each of the regulations is to apply if a local authority or Local Health Board has decided to exercise powers under section 14A(4) or (5) of the 2014 Act to prepare and publish a joint area plan.
Parent Act: Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014
Date Made: 24 January 2017
Date Laid: 27 January 2017
Coming into force date: 1 April 2017