Regulation 3 Amendment of the Commissioner for Older People in Wales Regulations 2007

(1)

The Commissioner for Older People in Wales Regulations 2007^f1 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2)

In regulation 4 (provision of information by prescribed persons)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2)—

(i)

after “and members and employees” insert “of the Welsh Assembly Government”;

(ii)

after “and former members and employees of the” insert “1998”; and

(iii)

after “Assembly” insert “and the Welsh Assembly Government”;

(b)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

after “means the” insert “1998”; and

(ii)

after “Assembly,” insert “the Welsh Assembly Government,”.

(3)

In regulation 5 (provision of assistance in proceedings)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2)—

(i)

before “Assembly” insert “1998”; and

(ii)

after “Assembly” insert “, the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General”.

(4)

In regulation 8 (cases subject to examination)—

(a)

in paragraph (c)—

(i)

before “Assembly” insert “1998”; and

(ii)

after “Assembly” insert “,the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General”.

(5)

In regulation 11 (provision of information in connection with an examination)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3)—

(i)

after “and members and employees” insert “of the Welsh Assembly Government”;

(ii)

after “and former members and employees of the” insert “1998”; and

(iii)

after “Assembly” insert “and the Welsh Assembly Government”;

(b)

in paragraph (4)—

(i)

before the first reference to “Assembly” after the words “means the” insert “1998”;

(ii)

after the first reference to “Assembly,” insert “the Welsh Assembly Government,”; and

(iii)

for the second reference to “Assembly” substitute “Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General”.

(6)

In regulation 14 (reports) for sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (5) substitute “the Assembly and the Houses of Parliament”.

(7)

In regulation 15 (further action following a report) in paragraph (1) for “Assembly” substitute “Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General”.

(8)

In regulation 16 (reports to the Assembly)—

(a)

in paragraph (1) for “Assembly” substitute “First Minister”;

(b)

in paragraph (2) for “Assembly” substitute “First Minister”;

(c)

for paragraph (4) substitute—

“Subject to paragraph (3), the Commissioner must, no later than 1 October in each year, send a copy of the report referred to in paragraph (1), (2) and (3) to the Assembly and the Houses of Parliament”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2007/398 (W.44).