
2025 No. 340 (W. 69)
Social Care, Wales
The Social Care Wales (Specification of Social Care Workers) (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made 12 March 2025
Coming into force 1 April 2025

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 80(1)(b) and 187(1)(b) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (“the 2016 Act”), make the following Regulations.

In accordance with section 187(2)(n) of the 2016 Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, Senedd Cymru.
Title and commencement
1 

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Social Care Wales (Specification of Social Care Workers) (Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1 April 2025.
Interpretation
2 
In these Regulations “the 2016 Regulations” means the Social Care Wales (Specification of Social Care Workers) (Registration) Regulations 2016.
Amendment to regulation 2 of the 2016 Regulations
3 
In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the 2016 Regulations, insert the following in the appropriate place—“
 “special school residential service” (“gwasanaeth preswyl ysgol arbennig”) has the same meaning as that given in regulation 2 of the Regulated Services (Special School Residential Services) (Wales) Regulations 2023;”.
Amendments to regulation 3 of the 2016 Regulations
4 
Regulation 3 (specification of social care workers) of the 2016 Regulations is amended as follows—
(a) in paragraph (2)(b)—
(i) at the end of paragraph (iv) omit “or”;
(ii) at the end of paragraph (v) insert “or”;
(iii) after paragraph (v) insert—“
(vi) a special school residential service,”;
(b) in paragraph (2)(bb)—
(i) at the end of paragraph (iv) omit “or”;
(ii) at the end of paragraph (v) insert “or”;
(iii) after paragraph (v) insert—“
(vi) a special school residential service,”;
Dawn Bowden
Minister for Children and Social Care, under authority of the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, one of the Welsh Ministers
12 March 2025