# The Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 1: Title, commencement, application and interpretation

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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Partnership Arrangements (Wales) Regulations 2015.
(2) (a) These Regulations come into force on 6 April 2016 except sub-paragraph (a) of regulation 19(1);
(b) sub-paragraph (a) of regulation 19(1) comes into force on 6 April 2018.
(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
(4) In these Regulations—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;
“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;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1989/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/partnership-arrangements-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-1
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