# The Child Minding and Day Care Exceptions (Revocation and Transitional Provision) (Wales) Order 2026, Article 2: Interpretation


In this Order—
“the 2014 Act” (“Deddf 2014”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;
“the 2016 Act” (“Deddf 2016”) means the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016;
“domestic premises” (“mangre ddomestig”) means any premises which are wholly or mainly used as a private dwelling;
“domiciliary support service” (“gwasanaeth cymorth cartref”) has the meaning given by paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the 2016 Act;
“employed” (“wedi ei gyflogi”) means employed either under a contract of employment or under a contract for services;
“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means the council of a county or county borough in Wales;
“Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol”) means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
“the Measure” (“y Mesur”) means the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010;
“parent” (“rhiant”) includes any person who has parental responsibility for a child or has care of a child;
“parental responsibility” (“cyfrifoldeb rhiant”) has the meaning given in section 3 of the Children Act 1989;
“premises” (“mangre”) includes any area and any vehicle;
“relative” (“perthynas”), in relation to a person, means a step-parent, grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt or first cousin (including any person who is in that relationship by virtue of a marriage or civil partnership or an enduring family relationship).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/100/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-minding-and-day-care-exceptions-revocation-and-transitional-provision-wales-order-2026/article-2
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