# The Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1339 (W. 261)) (“the 2018 Regulations”).
Regulation 2(a) amends regulation 7 of the 2018 Regulations in order to allow a local authority provider to appoint an officer from another local authority to be responsible for the management of the fostering service.
Regulation 2(b) makes an amendment to the Welsh text of regulation 10 of the 2018 Regulations, to effect equivalence with the English text.
Regulation 2(c) makes an amendment to the English text of regulation 11 of the 2018 Regulations, to effect equivalence with the Welsh text.
Regulation 2(d) amends regulation 26 of the 2018 Regulations to specify that the reference in that regulation to health and development is changed to physical, mental and emotional health and development.
Regulation 2(e) amends regulation 29 of the 2018 Regulations so that 1 April 2022 is substituted as the date from which local authority providers may only employ a person to manage the local authority fostering service if that person is registered as a social care manager with Social Care Wales.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/545/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-fostering-services-wales-amendment-regulations-2019/note
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