(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made under section 38 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (“the Act”) and apply in relation to Wales.
Section 38(1) of the Act provides that the Welsh Ministers must maintain a register of service providers.
Section 38(2) of the Act sets out the information that must be contained in an entry on the register in respect of a service provider.
Section 38(5)(a) of the Act enables the Welsh Ministers to omit prescribed information from the published register in prescribed circumstances.
Regulation 3 sets out the information that the Welsh Ministers may omit from the published register and the circumstances when they may do so.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.