{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-services-and-well-being-wales-act-2014/section-144C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-services-and-well-being-wales-act-2014/section-144C.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2014/4",
  "legislation_title": "Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-services-and-well-being-wales-act-2014",
  "path": "section/144C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "144C",
  "heading": "General duty of the Welsh Ministers",
  "text": "In exercising functions under this Part the Welsh Ministers must seek to promote and maintain high standards in the provision of local authority social services functions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 144A-144C inserted (4.9.2017 for the insertion of s. 144A, 29.4.2019 for the insertion of s. 144C, 23.2.2021 for the insertion of s. 144B for specified purposes) by Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2), ss. 56(1), 188(1); S.I. 2017/846, art. 2(a); S.I. 2019/864, art. 2(3)(b); S.I. 2021/181, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2014/4/section/144C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:25.857129+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."
}