# The Safeguarding Boards (Functions and Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;
“action plan” (“cynllun gweithredu”) means a written report produced by a Board at the same time as a practice review report, detailing action to be taken by the representative bodies as a result of the findings and recommendations of the practice review report;
“adults” (“oedolion”) means adults who are, or may be, affected by the exercise of a Board’s functions;
“Board” (“Bwrdd”) means a Safeguarding Board;
“child protection register” (“cofrestr amddiffyn plant”) means a list created and held by a local authority which contains the names of children who are the subject of a child protection plan as a result of a decision of a child protection conference that the child is at continuing risk of significant harm in the form of physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse or neglect;
“children” (“plant”) means children who are, or may be, affected by the exercise of a Board’s functions;
“looked after child” (“plentyn sy’n derbyn gofal”) means a child looked after by:
(a) a local authority under section 74(1) of the Act,
(b) a local authority in England under section 22(1) of the Children Act 1989,
(c) a local authority in Scotland in accordance with Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995,
(d) a Health and Social Care trust in accordance with article 25 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;
“multi-agency learning event” (“digwyddiad dysgu amlasiantaethol”) means an event which forms part of the practice review process to which a Board invites practitioners and managers from representative bodies and any other bodies or persons deemed relevant by the Chair of the Board and who are or have been involved with the person who is the subject of the review, with the purpose of improving future child or adult protection policy and practice;
“multi-agency professional forums (“fforymau proffesiynol amlasiantaethol”) means the forums, arranged and facilitated by a Board for practitioners and managers from representative bodies, and other bodies or persons deemed relevant by the Chair of the Board, with the purpose of learning from cases, audits, inspections and reviews in order to improve future child or adult protection policy and practice;
“National Board” (“Bwrdd Cenedlaethol”) means the National Independent Safeguarding Board established by section 132(1) of the Act;
“practice review” (“adolygiad ymarfer”) means either a concise practice review or an extended practice review as provided for in regulation 4;
“Safeguarding Board” (“Bwrdd Diogelu”) means a Safeguarding Children Board or a Safeguarding Adults Board.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1466/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-boards-functions-and-procedures-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-2
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