56 Reports by local authorities and general duty of the Welsh Ministers
Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (2016 anaw 2) | Legislation

Chapter 6
Local Authority Social Services

56  Reports by local authorities and general duty of the Welsh Ministers

(1)     After section 144 of the 2014 Act (directors of social services) insert—

“144A Annual reports

(1)     As soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of a financial year, a local authority must prepare and publish an annual report about the exercise of the social services functions of the authority in respect of that year.

(2)     The annual report must include—

(a)     details of how the authority has exercised its social services functions during the financial year, including details of the extent to which the authority has—

(i)     acted in accordance with requirements imposed on local authorities by a code issued under section 9 (codes to help achieve outcomes in relation to well-being),

(ii)     acted in accordance with any relevant requirements contained in a code issued under section 145 (codes about the exercise of social services functions), and

(iii)     had regard to any relevant guidelines in a code issued under section

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