The Registration of Social Care and Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 2002
These Regulations are made under the Care Standards Act 2000 (“the Act”) and apply to Wales only. Part I of the Act establishes the National Assembly for Wales (“the National Assembly”) as the registration authority for the purposes of the Act in relation to Wales. Part II provides for the registration and inspection by the National Assembly of the following descriptions of establishments and agencies: children’s homes, independent hospitals, independent hospitals in which treatment or nursing (or both) are provided for persons liable to be detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, independent clinics and independent medical agencies and care homes (sections 1 to 3 of the Act); and residential family centres, domiciliary care agencies, fostering agencies, nurses agencies and voluntary adoption agencies (section 4 of the Act). Part VI inserts a new Part XA and Schedule 9A into the Children Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”) relating to child minding and the provision of day care for children under eight.