{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-annual-sufficiency-plans-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-annual-sufficiency-plans-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2026/116",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Annual Sufficiency Plans) (Wales) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-annual-sufficiency-plans-wales-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 2014 Act” (“Deddf 2014”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;\n“the 2016 Act” (“Deddf 2016”) means the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016;\n“annual sufficiency plan” (“cynllun digonolrwydd blynyddol”) means a plan that a local authority is required by section 75A (1) of the 2014 Act to prepare and publish before the beginning of each financial year setting out the steps it will take in that year in pursuance of its duty under section 75(1) of the 2014 Act;\n“children’s home service” (“gwasanaeth cartref plant”) has the meaning given in section 2A(2) of the 2016 Act;\n“deprivation of liberty order” (“gorchymyn amddifadu o ryddid”) means an order of a court, including an interim order, authorising the deprivation of liberty of a looked after child in connection with arrangements made for the child’s care, protection or welfare;\n“fostering service” (“gwasanaeth maethu”) has the meaning given in paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the 2016 Act;\n“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means the council of a county or county borough in Wales;\n“local authority foster parent” (“rhiant maeth awdurdod lleol”) has the meaning given in section 197(1) of the 2014 Act;\n“looked after child” (“plentyn sy’n derbyn gofal”) means a child who is looked after by a local authority within the meaning of section 74 of the 2014 Act, and a reference in these Regulations to a child being looked after by a local authority is a reference to a looked after child who is being looked after by that authority;\n“the plan year” (“blwyddyn y cynllun”), in relation to the annual sufficiency plan, means the financial year to which the annual sufficiency plan relates;\n“provider type” (“math o ddarparwr”) means whether the provider of accommodation is—\n(a) a local authority;\n(b) a person who is a not-for-profit entity within the meaning of section 6A(2) of the 2016 Act;\n(c) a person who is neither a local authority nor a not-for-profit entity within the meaning of section 6A(2) of the 2016 Act;\n“relevant preceding year” (“blwyddyn flaenorol berthnasol”), in relation to an annual sufficiency plan, means the financial year immediately preceding the plan year;\n“second preceding year”(“ail flwyddyn flaenorol”). in relation to an annual sufficiency plan, means the financial year immediately preceding the relevant preceding year;\n“secure accommodation service” (“gwasanaeth llety diogel”) means a secure accommodation service within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2016 Act;\n“service operating without registration” (“gwasanaeth sy’n gweithredu heb gofrestru”) means a place at which a children’s home service or secure accommodation service is being provided, and where the service provider is not registered to provide a children’s home service or secure accommodation service at that place.\n(2) In these Regulations, references to a child being placed out of county are references to a child being placed outside the area of the local authority that looks after the child.\n(3) In these Regulations, references to a child being placed out of country are references to a child being placed outside of Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2016 anaw 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 2A was inserted into the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2) by section 2 (b) of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 197(1) was amended to substitute the definition of “local authority foster parent” by S.I. 2016/413 (W. 131), regulation 319 (a). The substitution has effect subject to savings and transitional provisions as specified in paragraph 3 of the Schedule to that instrument. There are other amending instruments but none are relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 6A was inserted into the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2) by section 3 (3) of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/116/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:54:42.552273+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."
}