SCHEDULE 3INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT PRIVATELY ARRANGED OR FUNDED SOCIAL CARE AND PALLIATIVE CARE

PART 2MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE OMBUDSMAN

30Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005

1

Schedule 1 (Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: appointment etc) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 5—

a

in sub-paragraph (1), after paragraph (e) insert—

f

he is a care home provider, domiciliary care provider or independent palliative care provider;

g

he is an officer or member of staff of a provider of that kind.

b

after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

1A

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(g) a person is an officer of a provider if he or she has control or management of a provider which is not an individual or the affairs of such a provider.

3

In paragraph 14, in sub-paragraph (7)(a), after “authority” insert “, care home provider, domiciliary care provider or independent palliative care provider”.