The Care and Support (Area Planning) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Section 14A of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) requires local authorities and Local Health Boards to each prepare and publish a plan following the carrying out of an assessment of needs under section 14 of the 2014 Act (known as a “population assessment”). This plan (known as an “area plan”) must set out, amongst other things, the range and level of services the body proposes to provide, or arrange to be provided, in response to the population assessment.