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The Revised Code of Practice on the exercise of social services functions in relation to Part 4 (direct payments and choice of accommodation) and Part 5 (charging and financial assessment) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Appointed Day) Order 2020

Type Welsh-Statutory-Instrument

Publication 2020-03-30

State In force

Jurisdiction Wales

Department King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

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Made: 30 March 2020

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 146(4)(b) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014[^f00001], makes the following Order.

Title and interpretation

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(1) The title of this Order is the Revised Code of Practice on the exercise of social services functions in relation to Part 4 (direct payments and choice of accommodation) and Part 5 (charging and financial assessment) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Appointed Day) Order 2020.

(2) In this Order, “the Revised Code” means the Code of Practice on the exercise of social services functions in relation to Part 4 (direct payments and choice of accommodation) and Part 5 (charging and financial assessment) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, a draft of which was laid, in accordance with section 146(2) of that Act, before the National Assembly for Wales on 12 February 2020 and was issued by the Welsh Ministers on 3 April 2020.

Appointed day

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The day appointed for coming into force of the Revised Code is 6 April 2020.

Signed

Julie Morgan — Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, under authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers — 30 March 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order appoints 6 April 2020 as the day on which the revised Code of Practice on the exercise of social services functions in relation to Part 4 (direct payments and choice of accommodation) and Part 5 (charging and financial assessment) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 comes into force. This revised Code was issued by the Welsh Ministers under section 145(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) on 3 April 2020.

Section 145(3) of the 2014 Act requires local authorities to act in accordance with any relevant requirements contained in a code issued under section 145(1) and to have regard to any relevant guidelines contained in it.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2014 anaw 4.

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