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The Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 13) (Wales) Order 2004

W.S.I. 2004/1015 · Made 31 March 2004

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SOCIAL CARE, WALES

Made 31st March 2004

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 118(5) and (6) and 122 of the Care Standards Act 2000f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 14. The power is exercisable by the appropriate minister. The “appropriate minister” is defined in section 121(1). In relation to Wales it means “the Assembly”. Section 5(b) defines “the Assembly” as the National Assembly for Wales.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, interpretation and application
  2. 2Appointed Day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, interpretation and application

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No. 13) (Wales) Order 2004.

(2)

In this Order, a reference to a section is to a section of the Care Standards Act 2000.

(3)

This Order applies in relation to Wales.

2Appointed Day

1 April 2004 is the day appointed for the coming into force of sections 8, 9(2) and (3), 10(2) to (7), 11 to 15, 17 to 21, 24, 26 to 32, 36 and 37 in so far as their provisions relate to domiciliary care agencies and are not already in force.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1.

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

31st March 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This order appoints 1 April 2004 as the day for the coming into force of certain provisions of Part II of the Care Standards Act 2000 (“the Act”) for the purposes of regulations made in relation to domiciliary care agencies. This will have the effect of bringing these agencies within the regulatory framework of the Care Standards Act 2000.