Reform history
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
20 versions
· 2016-01-18
2026-01-01
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2025-03-31
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2025-03-25
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2024-03-31
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2023-12-31
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2023-04-01
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2021-02-23
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2020-12-31
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2020-04-01
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2020-03-25
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2019-04-29
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2019-04-10
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2018-04-02
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2018-02-01
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
Changes on 2018-02-01
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In section 197(1) (general interpretation), in the definition of “voluntary organisation”, for “private body” substitute “ local authority ”.
#### Overview of Part 1
#### Regulation of local authority functions relating to looked after and accommodated children
#### Overview of Parts 3 to 8
#### Social Care Wales
#### “Appropriately qualified”
#### Meaning of “regulated service”
#### Specifying criteria for application of market oversight regime
#### Interpretation of Parts 3 to 8
#### SCW's objectives
#### Qualifications gained outside Wales – social workers
##### 85A
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- (7) Subsections (1) to (6) do not prevent sections 92 to 94 or Part 6 (social care workers: fitness to practice) from applying to persons registered in the visiting European social care manager part of the register.
#### Codes of practice
#### Fitness to practise
#### Designation of regulated activity
#### Duty to establish panels etc.
#### The regulatory bodies
#### Inquiries
#### Coming into force
#### Continuing professional development
#### Referral of allegations etc. of impaired fitness to practise
#### Conditions for making a prohibition order
#### Proceedings before panels
#### Relevant authorities
#### Service of documents etc.
#### General interpretation
#### Short title
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[^key-7f44bd8cbe4e19621aa8d58ef1dba10c]: S. 56(2) in force at 4.9.2017 by [S.I. 2017/846](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/846), [art. 2(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/846/article/2/b)
[^key-2f7b39b6efadc7884de3f90f81c0dcea]: S. 6 in force at 1.2.2018 for specified purposes by [S.I. 2017/1326](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/1326), [art. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/1326/article/2/1)[(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/1326/article/2/2) (with [arts. 3-15](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/1326/article/3))
[^M_C_00dda8d1-7422-4416-8093-225dc3972500]: Act modified by [1989 c. 41](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41), [Sch. 7 para. 5A](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/schedule/7/paragraph/5A) (as inserted (2.4.2018) by [The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/195)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/195), [regs. 2(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/195/regulation/2/1), [13(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/195/regulation/13/b))
[^key-508c1971a8325eb325144c3cb781e8a4]: Sch. 1 para. 4 restricted (29.4.2019) by [The Regulated Adoption Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/762)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/762), [regs. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/762/regulation/1/1), [3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/762/regulation/3)
2017-09-04
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2017-04-03
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2016-07-11
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2016-04-06
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2016-01-19
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016
2016-01-18
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