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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-planning-and-case-review-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2017/713",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Planning and Case Review (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-planning-and-case-review-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Review of Children’s Cases (Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "text": "(1) The Review of Children’s Cases (Wales) Regulations 2007 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 1(2) (title, commencement, interpretation and application), in the appropriate place insert the following—\n““the Partnership Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Partneriaeth”) means the Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2015;\n“family” (“teulu”), in relation to a child who is part of a family which is receiving support from an IFS team, has the meaning given in regulation 18(3) of the Partnership Regulations;\n“IFS team” (“tîm integredig cymorth i deuluoedd”) means an integrated family support team established by a partnership body in accordance with the Partnership Regulations ;\n“parent” (“rhiant”), in relation to a child who is part of a family which is receiving support from an IFS team, has the meaning given in regulation 18(5) of the Partnership Regulations;\n“partnership body” (“corff partneriaeth”) has the meaning given in regulation 1(4) of the Partnership Regulations;”.\n(3) In regulation 4 (time when each case to be reviewed), in paragraph (3) omit the words “the independent reviewing officer so directs” and insert the following sub-paragraphs—\n“(a) the independent reviewing officer so directs, or\n(b) the child is part of a family whose case has been referred to an IFS team and the family has been notified that their case will be supported by that team.”.\n(4) In regulation 6 (considerations to which responsible authorities are to have regard)—\n(a) renumber the existing provision as paragraph (1);\n(b) after paragraph (1) (as renumbered), insert the following paragraph—\n“(2) The additional considerations to which the responsible authority must have regard in reviewing the case of a child where the child is part of a family which is being supported by an IFS team are set out in Schedule 5.”.\n(5) In regulation 8 (consultation, participation and notification)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), immediately before sub-paragraph (e), omit the word “and” and insert the following sub-paragraph—\n“(da) in the case of a child whose family is being supported by an IFS team, a member of that team; and”;\n(b) in paragraph (3), immediately before sub-paragraph (e), omit the word “and” and insert the following sub-paragraph—\n“(da) in the case of a child whose family is being supported by an IFS team, a member of that team; and”.\n(6) After Schedule 3 (health considerations to which responsible authorities are to have regard) insert as Schedule 5 the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/307 (W. 26) (“the 2007 Regulations”). Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2010/1700 (W. 161), regulation 9(3) and S.I. 2016/216 (W. 85), regulation 7(6). There are other amending instruments but none are relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/1989 (W. 299). These Regulations were amended by S.I. 2017/491 (W. 103)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See regulation 16 of the Partnership Regulations (establishment of integrated family support teams). Sections 166 to 169 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4) make provision for partnership arrangements between each local health board and the local authorities within the area of each local health board in Wales to establish a partnership body to participate in arrangements for the carrying out of specified health and social services functions in partnership."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Schedule 4 to the 2007 Regulations 2007 was omitted by S.I. 2016/216 (W.85), regulation 7(1) and (13)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/713/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:26:07.999317+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."
}