The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

• Citation: S.I. 2019/757 (W.)
• Sections: 17

Section 1 Title and commencement

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2019.

Section 2 Amendments to the Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017

The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017 are amended in accordance with the following regulations.

Section 3 Interpretation

In regulation 1(3), in the appropriate alphabetical order, insert the following definition—

“regulated services” (“ gwasanaethau rheoleiddiedig ”) means care home services, domiciliary support services, secure accommodation services or residential family centre services;.

Section 4 Exception from scope of care home service

In regulation 2—

(a) for subparagraph (1)(e), substitute—

(e) the provision of accommodation, together with care, where the care provided constitutes child minding within the meaning of section 19(2), or day care within the meaning of section 19(3) of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 but this exception does not apply if—

(i) in any 12 month period there are 28 or more periods of 24 hours during which more than 15 hours of child minding or day care are provided in relation to any one child; or

(ii) the care is provided wholly or mainly for disabled children;

(b) in subparagraph (1)(f), for “the accommodation is provided to a disabled child”, substitute “care is provided wholly or mainly for disabled children”;

(c) in subparagraph (1)(i)—

(i) in the introductory words omit “because of their vulnerability or need”;

(ii) in subparagraph (i) of the part of the clause setting out when the exception does not apply, for “the accommodation is provided to a disabled child”, substitute “care is provided wholly or mainly for disabled children unless the service provider has first notified the Welsh Ministers of the arrangements in writing”;

(d) at the end of subparagraph (1)(i), for “.” substitute “;”;

(e) after subparagraph (1)(i) insert the following subparagraph—

(j) the provision of accommodation, together with care, to a single child or to a sibling group by a person in that person’s own home and where care and accommodation are not provided by that person for a total of more than 28 days in any 12 month period.

(f) after paragraph (3) insert—

(4) In subparagraph (1)(j) of this regulation, “sibling group” includes both brothers and sisters, and half-brothers and half-sisters.

Section 5 Exceptions from the scope of domiciliary support service

In regulation 3(1)—

(a) in subparagraph (g), for “.” substitute “;”;

(b) after subparagraph (g) insert—

(h) the provision of nursing care by a registered nurse;

(i) the provision of care and support by a Local Health Board to meet needs which are related to the needs of individuals for nursing care.

Section 6 Minor amendment to regulation 12

In regulation 12(1), in the parentheses after “Admissions and commencement of the service”, for “Part 5” substitute “Part 4”.

Section 7 Policy and procedures for children’s savings

In regulation 28 (supporting individuals to manage their money), after paragraph (2) add the following paragraph—

(2A) Where a service provides accommodation for children, the policy and procedures required by this regulation must set out the steps which the service provider will take to ensure adequate oversight and monitoring of savings made by or on behalf of children including arrangements for keeping records of savings (and expenditure from savings) and passing on these records when a placement comes to an end.

Section 8 Minor amendment to regulation 34

In regulation 34(5), in the English text, remove the word “as” in the second place where it appears.

Section 9 Amendment to requirement about fitness of managers of domiciliary support services in certain circumstances

In regulation 35—

(a) in subparagraph (2)(e), at the beginning, insert “subject to paragraph (10) of this regulation”;

(b) in paragraph (9), for the words from “section 1” to the end, substitute “section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 ”;

(c) after paragraph (9) insert—

(10) Until 1 April 2020, the requirement under paragraph (2)(e) for a manager to be registered with Social Care Wales does not apply to a manager who is appointed to manage an undertaking—

(a) in respect of which a person is registered, or has applied to register, as the provider of a domiciliary support service, and

(b) in respect of which a person was registered as carrying on a nurses agency under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 immediately before 2 April 2018 but was not also registered as carrying on a domiciliary care agency.

Section 10 Amendment of regulation 49 – Application of Part 13

In regulation 49 —

(a) in paragraph (2), in the text describing Category B premises, omit from “an extension” to “which” and substitute “a building or buildings to which an extension is added and the extension”;

(b) in paragraph (3) after “with” insert “but in the case of Category B premises, the requirements only apply to the part of the premises comprising the extension (or in the case of regulation 53, to any parts of the external grounds developed in conjunction with the extension)”.

Section 11 Amendment of regulation 52 – additional requirements – communal space

In regulation 52—

(a) at the beginning, for “The” substitute “(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the”;

(b) at the end, add the following paragraph —

(2) For Category B premises, this regulation applies so that the space requirement must be met in relation to any additional rooms for individuals.

Section 12 Amendment of regulation 53 – additional requirements – outoor space

In regulation 53, after “grounds”, insert “(or, in the case of Category B premises, any part of the external grounds developed in conjunction with the building of the extension)”.

Section 13 Minor amendment to regulation 67

In regulation 67(4), for “regulation 34(2)” substitute “regulation 35(2)”.

Section 14 Minor amendment to regulation 73

In regulation 73(2), for “any other regulated services” substitute “a domiciliary support service”.

Section 15 Minor amendment to regulation 85

In regulation 85(4), in the list of regulations, for “33(1)” substitute “33(2)”.

Section 16 Amendments to Schedule 2

In paragraph 5 of Schedule 2—

(a) in subparagraph (a) omit “, injury or illness” and substitute “or injury”;

(b) in subparagraph (f) omit “ulcers” and substitute “damage”.

Section 17 Amendments to Schedule 3

In Schedule 3—

(a) in paragraph 13, after “staff” add “and/or a volunteer”;

(b) in paragraph16, omit from “a category 3 or 4” to the end and substitute “category 3 or 4 pressure damage or unstageable pressure damage”;

(c) in paragraph 17, for “, injury to or illness of” substitute “or injury to”;

(d) in paragraph 30, for “Incident of child sexual exploitation or suspected child sexual exploitation” substitute “Any incident of child sexual or criminal exploitation or suspected child sexual or criminal exploitation”;

(e) in paragraph 33, for “, injury to or illness of” substitute “or injury to”;

(f) in paragraph 34 omit from “a category 3 or 4” to the end and substitute “category 3 or 4 pressure damage or unstageable pressure damage.”;

(g) in each of paragraphs 42, 44 and 46, for “Any incident of child sexual exploitation or suspected child exploitation”, substitute “Any incident of child sexual or criminal exploitation or suspected child sexual or criminal exploitation”.