{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulated-services-penalty-notices-wales-regulations-2019/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulated-services-penalty-notices-wales-regulations-2019/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2019/887",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulated Services (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulated-services-penalty-notices-wales-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016;\n“the 2017 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2017”) means the Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017 ;\n“the Adoption Services Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Gwasanaethau Mabwysiadu”) means the Regulated Adoption Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019 ;\n“the Adult Placement Services Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Gwasanaethau Lleoli Oedolion”) means the Adult Placement Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019 ;\n“the Advocacy Services Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Gwasanaethau Eirioli”) means the Regulated Advocacy Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019 ;\n“the Fostering Services Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Gwasanaethau Maethu”) means the Regulated Fostering Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019 ;\n“the Inspection Ratings Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Graddau Arolygu”) means the Regulated Services (Inspection Ratings) (Wales) Regulations 2025;\nthe Special School Residential Services Regulations (“y Rheoliadau Gwasanaethau Preswyl Ysgolion Arbennig”) means the Special School Residential Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2024;\n“offence” (“trosedd”) means a prescribed offence;\n“payment period” (“cyfnod talu”) has the meaning given in regulation 10;\n“penalty notice” (“hysbysiad cosb”) means a penalty notice given pursuant to section 52 of the Act;\n“recipient” (“derbynnydd”) means a person to whom a penalty notice is given in accordance with section 52 of the Act;\n“service provider (“darparwr gwasanaeth”) means a person whose application for registration as provider of a regulated service has been granted under section 7(1) of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.3.2025) by The Regulated Services (Inspection Ratings) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/389), regs. 1(2), 6(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (31.3.2024) by The Special School Residential Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/388), regs. 1(2), 82(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2017/1264 (W. 295)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 2019/762 (W. 145)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 2019/163 (W. 40)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "S.I. 2019/165 (W. 41)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "S.I. 2019/169 (W. 42)."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 1.7.2019, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/887/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:19:18.556008+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."
}