Regulation 1 Title, commencement, application and interpretationI1

The title of these Regulations is the Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2015.

These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;

• F1“area plan” (“cynllun ardal”) means the plan which a relevant body is required to prepare in accordance with section 14A(2) of the Act;

• “the Citizen Voice Body” (“Corff Llais y Dinesydd”) means the Citizen Voice Body for Health and Social Care established under section 12(1) of the Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020;

• “family support functions” (“swyddogaethau cymorth i deuluoedd”) means the functions specified in regulation 15;

• “joint area plan” (“cynllun ardal ar y cyd”) means an area plan which has been prepared by a relevant body jointly with another relevant body in accordance with the powers in section 14A(4) or (5) of the Act;

• F2“older people” (“pobl hŷn”) means persons aged 65 or over;

• “partnership arrangements” (“trefniadau partneriaeth”) means the partnership arrangements which are required to be made by partnership bodies in accordance with regulations 2 to 8;

• “partnership bodies” (“cyrff partneriaeth”) are those bodies which are required by regulations 2 to 8 to enter into partnership arrangements;

• “regional partnership board areas” means each of the respective areas in which partnership bodies are required to enter into partnership arrangements under the direction of a regional partnership board;

• “regional partnership boards” (“byrddau partneriaeth rhanbarthol”) means the boards required to be established by partnership bodies in accordance with regulations 2 to 8;

• “specified functions” (“swyddogaethau penodedig”) means the functions specified in regulation 9.