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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/annual-returns-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/74",
  "legislation_title": "The Annual Returns (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/annual-returns-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "social care, wales\nMade 4 March 2026\nComing into force 1 April 2026\nThe Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(1)(b), (2A) and (4A) and 187(1)(a) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (“the 2016 Act”), and section 28(1)(a) of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025.\nThese Regulations have been laid before Senedd Cymru in accordance with the Senedd approval procedure under section 10(6)(d) of the 2016 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2016 anaw 2. Section 10 was amended by sections 7 and 14(2) of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 asc 1. Section 189(1) of the 2016 Act provides that “prescribed” means prescribed in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2025 asc 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/74/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:13.921356+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}