1.These Explanatory Notes are for the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 which was passed by the National Assembly for Wales on 18 March 2014 and received Royal Assent on 1 May 2014. They have been prepared by the Department for Health and Social Services of the Welsh Government to assist the reader of the Act. The Explanatory Notes should be read in conjunction with the Act but are not part of it.