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CONTINUATION OF ESSENTIAL SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES REGULATIONS
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
CONTINUATION OF ESSENTIAL SOCIAL WELFARE
SERVICES IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 582.11
CONTINUATION OF ESSENTIAL SOCIAL WELFARE
SERVICES IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES
REGULATIONS
21st April, 2020
LEGAL NOTICE 149 of 2020.
The title of these regulations is the Continuation of
Essential Social Welfare Services in Exceptional Circumstances
Regulations.
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires
"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;
CONTINUATION OF ESSENTIAL SOCIAL WELFARE
SERVICES IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES
(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.