{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-care-wales-proceedings-before-panels-regulations-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2016/1100",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Care Wales (Proceedings before Panels) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-care-wales-proceedings-before-panels-regulations-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThe Care Council for Wales (“the Council”) was established by Part 4 of the Care Standards Act 2000 for the purposes of promoting high standards of conduct and practise among social care workers and promoting high standards in their training.\nThe Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (“the Act”) renames the Council as Social Care Wales (“SCW”), restates and modifies SCW’s original functions and confers additional functions.\nSection 174(1) of the Act requires SCW to make rules to establish registration appeals panels, fitness to practise panels and interim orders panels (“the panels”). Section 174(6) and (7) of the Act requires SCW to make rules about, for example, the appointment of persons as panel members and the declaration and registration of the private interests of such members. Section 174(8) of the Act gives SCW the power to make rules about the constitution and operation of the panels and provides that such rules are subject to any provision made by the Welsh Ministers under section 175 of the Act (which gives the Welsh Ministers power to make regulations for and in connection with proceedings brought under the Act before the panels).\nPart 2 of these Regulations makes provision about proceedings before registration appeals panels.\nPart 3 of these Regulations makes provision about proceedings before fitness to practise panels.\nPart 4 of these Regulations makes provision about proceedings before interim orders panels.\nThe Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Department of Health and Social Services, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/1100/note",
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  "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."
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