{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-choice-of-accommodation-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-choice-of-accommodation-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1840",
  "legislation_title": "The Care and Support (Choice of Accommodation) (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-choice-of-accommodation-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Choice of accommodation",
  "text": "Where—\n(a) a local authority is going to meet needs under sections 35 to 38 of the Act by providing or arranging for the provision of care home accommodation in the United Kingdom which is not short term;\n(b) the person for whom the accommodation is to be provided expresses a preference for a particular care home; and\n(c) the conditions in regulation 3 are met,\nthe local authority must provide or arrange for the provision of the preferred accommodation in accordance with these Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(a) inserted (10.4.2017) by The Care and Support (Choice of Accommodation, Charging and Financial Assessment) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/214), regs. 1(2), 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 197(1) of the Act for the meaning of “local authority”; the definition is limited to local authorities in Wales."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1840/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:33.171873+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."
}