The Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No.6) (Wales) Order 2001

Made: 10th July 2001

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 122 of the Care Standards Act 2000 [^f00001]:

Citation and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Care Standards Act 2000 (Commencement No.6) (Wales) Order 2001.

• (2) In this Order “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Care Standards Act 2000.

Appointed days

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• (1) The provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (3) of this article shall come into force in relation to Wales on 31st July 2001.

• (2) The provisions of the Act specified in paragraph (4) of this article shall come into force in relation to Wales on 1st October 2001.

• (3) The provisions are—

• (a) Section 63 (approval of courses);

• (b) Section 66 (visitors for certain social work courses);

• (c) Section 71 (rules) in so far as it applies to sections 63 and 66 of the Act.

• (4) The provisions are—

• (a) Section 67 (functions of the appropriate Minister);

• (b) Section 70(1) (cessation in relation to Wales of the functions of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work).

Signed

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[^f00002]

John Marek — The Deputy Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales — 10th July 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints days for certain provisions of Part IV (social care workers) of the Care Standards Act 2000 ('the Act') to come into force. The provisions brought into force by this Order concern the training of social care workers in Wales.

31st July 2001 is the day appointed for the following provisions of the Act to come into force:

• (a) Section 63, which allows the Care Council for Wales ('the Council') to approve certain social work courses in accordance with rules made by it;

• (b) Section 66, which allows the Council to make provision by rules for the visiting of places where certain social work courses take place;

• (c) Section 71, which makes provision about the nature of the rules that the Council may make. It also requires the consent of the Assembly before any rules of the Council may be made.

1st October 2001 is the day appointed for the following provisions of the Act to come into force:

• (a) Section 67, which confers a number of functions upon the Assembly in relation to social care work training. It allows the Assembly to encourage persons to take part in courses for social care workers and to provide such courses. It also allows the Assembly to pay grants and other allowances to persons resident in Wales to secure their training in social care work. The Assembly may delegate its functions under this provision to the Council;

• (b) Section 70(1), which provides for certain of the functions of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work ('CCETSW') to cease to be exercised in relation to Wales (the abolition of CCETSW is to be effected by an Order in Council of Her Majesty under Section 70(2) of the Act). The functions it is to cease exercising are similar to the functions conferred upon the Council and the Assembly by the other provisions brought into force by this Order.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2000 c. 14. The power is exercisable by the appropriate Minister. The appropriate Minister is defined in section 121(1). It means the National Assembly in relation to Wales; in relation to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland it means the Secretary of State.

[^f00002]: 1998 c. 38.