Regulation 1 Title, commencement, application and interpretationI1

The title of these Regulations is the Care and Support (Area Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2017.

These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2017 and apply in relation to Wales.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;

• “area plan” (“cynllun ardal”) means the plan which a relevant body is required to prepare in accordance with section 14A(2) of the Act;

• “joint area plan” (“cynllun ardal ar y cyd”) means an area plan which has been prepared by a relevant body jointly with another relevant body in accordance with the powers in section 14A(4) or (5) of the Act;

• “population assessment report” (“adroddiad asesiad poblogaeth”) means the report which is required to be produced in accordance with regulation 5 of the population assessments regulations;

• “Regional Partnership Board” (“Bwrdd Partneriaeth Rhanbarthol”) means one of the boards which are required to be established in accordance with regulations 2 to 8 of the partnership arrangements regulations;

• “relevant body” (“corff perthnasol”) has the same meaning as in section 14A(1) of the Act;

• “relevant Regional Partnership Board” (“Bwrdd Partneriaeth Rhanbarthol perthnasol”) means the Regional Partnership Board which has been established for the area of the relevant body;

• “the partnership arrangements regulations” (“y rheoliadau trefniadau partneriaeth”) means the Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2015^f1;

• “the population assessments regulations” (“y rheoliadau asesiadau poblogaeth”) means the Care and Support (Population Assessments) (Wales) Regulations 2015^f2.