Regulations, statutory guidance and National Minimum Standards: Adult and children's services
Regulations and statutory guidance for care homes, domiciliary support, residential family centres, secure accommodation, adult placement, adoption, fostering and advocacy services, and special school residential services. Also National Minimum Standards for boarding accommodation.
These regulations outline what a care provider must do by law to provide a care service in Wales.
Care homes
- Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (External link)
- Statutory guidance for service providers and responsible individuals of care home and domiciliary support services (External link) (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns and Registration) (Amended) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
Family residential centre services
- Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- Statutory guidance for service providers and responsible individuals of care home and domiciliary support services (External link) (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns and Registration) (Amended) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
Secure accommodation services
- Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- Statutory guidance for service providers and responsible individuals of care home and domiciliary support services (External link) (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns and Registration) (Amended) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
Domiciliary support services
- Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- Statutory guidance for service providers and responsible individuals of care home and domiciliary support services (External link) (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns and Registration) (Amended) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
Adult placement schemes
- The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Adult Placement Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- Statutory guidance for service providers and responsible individuals of adult placement services (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
Regulated fostering services
- The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Fostering Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019(External link)
- Statutory guidance for service providers and responsible individuals of regulated fostering services (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Fostering Panels (Establishment and Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (External link)
- Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015 (External link)
- Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) Regulations Wales 2010 (External link)
- The Disqualification from Caring for Children (Wales) Regulations 2004 (External link)
Local authority fostering services
- The Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2018 (External link)
- The Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- Code of practice for local authority fostering services (External link)
- The Fostering Panels (Establishment and Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (External link)
- Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015 (External link)
- Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) Regulations Wales 2010 (External link)
- Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014: Part 6 Code of Practice (Looked after and accommodated children) (External link)
- The Disqualification from Caring for Children (Wales) Regulations 2004 (External link)
Regulated adoption services
- The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Adoption Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019(External link)
- Statutory guidance for service providers and responsible individuals of regulated adoption services (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Adoption Support Services (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Adoption Agencies (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (External link)
- The Adoption Information Intermediary Services (Pre Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Access to Information (Post Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (External link)
- The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) Regulations 2010 (External link)
- The Restrictions on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Adopted Children and Adoption Contact Registers Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Voluntary Adoption Agencies (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Adoption Support Services (Local Authorities) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Adoption Agencies (Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2019 (External link)
Local authority adoption services
- The Local Authority Adoption Services (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link) (External link)
- The Code of Practice for Local Authority Adoption Services(External link)
- The Adoption Support Services (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Adoption Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Adoption Agencies (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (External link)
- The Adoption Information Intermediary Services (Pre Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Access to Information (Post Commencement Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoptions) (Wales) Regulations 2006 (External link)
- The Independent Review of Determinations (Adoption and Fostering) (Wales) Regulations 2010 (External link)
- The Restrictions on the Preparation of Adoption Reports Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Adopted Children and Adoption Contact Registers Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Voluntary Adoption Agencies (Amendment) Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Adoption Support Services (Local Authorities) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (External link)
- The Adoption Agencies (Wales)(Amendment) Regulations 2019 (External link)
Regulated advocacy services
- The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Advocacy Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- Statutory guidance for service providers and responsible individuals of advocacy services (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Annual Returns and Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Penalty Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (External link)
Special school residential services
- The Regulated Services (Special School Residential Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (External link)
- The Regulated Services (Registration) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (External link)
- The Special School Residential Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (External link)
- Statutory guidance for service providers and responsible individuals for special school residential services (External link)