The Care and Support (Independent Advocacy Support) Regulations 2014

Made: 6th October 2014

Laid before Parliament: 27th October 2014

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Requirements for a person to be an independent advocate

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Matters to which a local authority must have regard in deciding whether an individual would experience substantial difficulty of the kind mentioned in section 67(4) of the Act

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Circumstances in which the exception in section 67(5) of the Act does not apply

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Manner in which independent advocates are to carry out their functions

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Local authority’s dealings with the independent advocate

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Combined assessments

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.

Dan Poulter — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Health — 6th October 2014

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2014 c.23 (“the Act”). The powers to make regulations is exercisable by the Secretary of State - see section 125(1).

[^f00002]: See section 1(4) of the Act for the meaning of “local authority”; the definition is limited to local authorities in England.

[^f00003]: See section 67(2) of the Act for the meaning of “independent advocate”.

[^f00004]: c.50. Section 113B was inserted by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15), section 163(2) and sections 113BA and 113BB were inserted by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c.47), section 63(1) and Schedule 9, paragraph 14(4).

[^f00005]: See sections 11, 28(7), 58(4), 60(3) and 63(4) of the Act.

[^f00006]: 2000 c.14.

[^f00007]: 2008 c.14.

[^f00008]: The National Health Service Commissioning Board is established by section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c.41). Section 1H was inserted by section 9(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7).

[^f00009]: A clinical commissioning group is a body established under section 14D of the National Health Service Act 2006. Section 14D was inserted by section 25(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

[^f00010]: See section 1(2) of the Act for the meaning of “well-being”.

[^f00011]: See section 67(9) of the Act for the meaning of “relevant record”.

Editorial notes

[^key-3a9ced2a2c01003a90b2d2fc98ef3afa]: Regulations revoked (1.4.2015 immediately after 2014 c. 23, s. 67(2) comes into force, see S.I. 2015/993,art. 2(q)) by The Care and Support (Independent Advocacy Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2889), reg. 8