# The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016, Regulation 51

Extent: E+W

In section 16(1) (interpretation)
(a) in the definition of “disabled person”, for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) in relation to Wales means a person who is disabled within the meaning of section 3 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014; and”;
(b) in the definition of “local authority”—
(i) after “1970” insert “or the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”;
(ii) for “that Act” substitute “the 1970 Act”;
(c) in the definition of “the welfare enactments”—
(i) omit “Part III of the 1948 Act, section 2 of the 1970 Act and”;
(ii) in paragraph (za), after “England,” insert “section 2 of the 1970 Act,”;
(iii) in paragraph (a), for the words from “Schedule 15” to the end of the paragraph insert “Parts 4 and 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014”;
(d) for subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) In this Act as it applies in relation to England, any reference to a child who is looked after by a local authority has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Children Act 1989.
(2ZA) In this Act as it applies in relation to Wales, any reference to a child who is looked after by a local authority has the same meaning as in Part 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/413/regulation/51 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-services-and-well-being-wales-act-2014-consequential-amendments-regulations-2016/regulation-51
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