{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-boards-general-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-boards-general-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1357",
  "legislation_title": "The Safeguarding Boards (General) (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-boards-general-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;\n“annual plan” (“cynllun blynyddol”) means the plan published by a Safeguarding Board under section 136(1) of the Act;\n“annual report” means (“adroddiad blynyddol”) the report published by a Safeguarding Board under section 136(2) of the Act;\n“National Board” (“Bwrdd Cenedlaethol”) means the National Independent Safeguarding Board established by section 132(1) of the Act;\n“principal local government area” (“prif ardal llywodraeth leol”) means a principal local government area as set out in Parts I and II of Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1972;\n“Safeguarding Board” (“Bwrdd Diogelu”) means a Safeguarding Children Board or a Safeguarding Adults Board;\n“Safeguarding Board partner” (“partner Bwrdd Diogelu”) is to be construed in accordance with section 134(2) and section 134(6)(b) of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Safeguarding Children Boards are established by the Safeguarding Board lead partner in relation to children for the area in accordance with section 134(4) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (“the Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Safeguarding Adults Boards are established by the lead partner in relation to adults in accordance with section 134(5) of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1357/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:34:15.395036+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."
}