Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 464 (C. 25)
Mental Health, England And Wales
Social Care
The Care Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2016
Made
24th March 2016
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 127(1) of the Care Act 2014( 1 ).
In accordance with section 127(3) of the Care Act 2014, the Secretary of State has obtained the consent of the Welsh Ministers before making this Order.
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Care Act 2014 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2016.
Provisions coming into force on 6th April 2016
2. 6th April 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Care Act 2014 insofar as they are not already in force—
(a) section 50 (provider failure: temporary duty on local authority in Wales);
(b) insofar as it relates to section 50, section 52 (sections 48 to 51: supplementary) apart from subsection (14);
(c) Schedule 1 (cross-border placements), paragraph 2 (which relates to placements from Wales to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland) and paragraph 13 (consequential provision);
(d) section 75(8) to (11) and Part 2 of Schedule 4 (after-care in Wales under the Mental Health Act 1983).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Alistair Burt
Minister of State,
Department of Health
24th March 2016