# The Care and Support (Area Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2017, Regulation 1: Title, commencement, application and interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Care and Support (Area Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2017.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2017 and apply in relation to Wales.
(3) 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;
“the population assessments regulations” (“y rheoliadau asesiadau poblogaeth”) means the Care and Support (Population Assessments) (Wales) Regulations 2015.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/56/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-area-planning-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-1
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