Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the 1989 Act” (“Deddf 1989”) means the Children Act 1989;

• “the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Adoption and Children Act 2002^f1;

• “the 2005 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2005”) means the Representations Procedure (Children)(Wales) Regulations 2005^f2;

• F1“advocate” (“eiriolwr”) means a person who provides assistance under arrangements made by a local authority pursuant to section 178(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;

• “former representations procedure” (“gweithdrefn sylwadau flaenorol”) means the representations procedure established under the provisions of the 2005 Regulations;

• “independent investigator” (“ymchwilydd annibynnol”) means the person, being neither a member nor officer of the local authority to which representations have been made, or the spouse or civil partner of such a person but does include a person with whom the local authority has entered into a contract for services in order to conduct an investigation;

• “independent person” (“person annibynnol”) means the person, being neither a member nor officer of the local authority to which representations have been made, or the spouse or civil partner of such a person, who takes part in the consideration of the representations and in any subsequent discussions, in accordance with F2section 174(6) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;

• “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county council or county borough council in Wales;

• F3“representations” (“sylwadau”) means representations made under section 174 or 175 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 or paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 7 to the 1989 Act;

• “to consider representations” (“ystyried sylwadau”) means to consider representations under the procedure set out in these Regulations;

• “working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means a day except Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday, or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f3.