Key legislation (social care)

Key primary legislation

• Mental Health Act 1983
• Children Act 1989
• Care Standards Act 2000
• Adoption and Children Act 2002
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003
• Children Act 2004
• Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006
• Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010
• Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010
• Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014