Updated - Adult Protection and Support Orders Protocol

Section 127, Part 7 of the Social Services and Well-Being Wales Act (2014) (SSWBA) introduces Adult Protection and Support Orders (APSOs). These Orders provide a legislative framework to permit an Authorised Officer of the Local Authority to make an application to the magistrate’s Court to: 

• Enable an Authorised Officer, and any other person accompanying the officer, to speak in private with a person suspected of being an adult at risk;
• Enable an Authorised Officer to ascertain whether that person is making decisions freely; and
• Enable an Authorised Officer properly to assess whether the person is an adult at risk and to make a decision as required by section 126(2) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 on what, if any, action should be taken.

To view the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board's 'Adult Protection and Support Orders Protocol', which has been updated with the region's APSO Officers, please select this link.