Circumstances Regulations, 2020

L.N. 149 of 2020

SOCIAL CARE STANDARDS AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 582)

Continuation of Essential Social Welfare Services in Exceptional

Circumstances Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 30(5) of the

Social Care Standards Authority Act, the Minister responsible for

social welfare, has made the following regulations

The title of these regulations is the Continuation of Citation.

Essential Social Welfare Services in Exceptional Circumstances

Regulations, 2020.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"Act" means the Social Care Standards Authority Act;

"Authority" means the Social Care Standards Authority as

established by virtue of article 5 of the Act;

"Chief Executive Officer" shall have the same meaning

assigned to it in the Act;

"essential social welfare services" means the social welfare

services which are published in the list of licensed social welfare

providers in accordance with article 20(1)(a) and article 20(2) of

the Act and which are listed under the following categories

(a) Residential Services Offered to Individuals with

problems related to substance, abuse and other

dependencies;

(b)

Residential Social Welfare Services - Adults;

(c)

Residential Services for Children in Alternative

Care;

(d) Residential

Services

for

Persons

with

Disability;

(e)

Residential Social Welfare Services for Older

Persons;

(f)

Respite Services for Persons with Disability;

(g)

Shelter and Temporary Accommodation for

Adults;

(h)

Older Persons with Dementia;

(i)

Residential Services for Domestic Violence;

"exceptional circumstances" shall have the same meaning

assigned to it in accordance with the Granting of an Emergency

Licence in Exceptional Circumstances Regulations;

"management" means a person or persons who act on

behalf of the service provider to provide leadership to staff and

to oversee and control the proper functioning of the services

offered;

"service user" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in

the Act;

"staff" means a person engaged by the service provider,

wherein one of the person’s responsibilities is to provide social

and healthcare support to service users.

(1) The essential social welfare services as defined in

article 2 shall continue to fully operate and function in exceptional

circumstances.

(2) In such exceptional circumstances, the management and

staff working in such essential social welfare services shall keep

providing their services.

During such exceptional circumstances, such essential

social welfare service providers are to report directly to the Chief

Executive Officer of the Authority any significant changes to the

service including, those relating to operational matters, the provision

of services, contingency plans or amendments thereof, live-in

arrangements of staff and all major incidents involving the staff and

service users.

The categories mentioned in article 2 may be amended, if

deemed necessary by the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority.

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