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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/additional-learning-needs-and-education-tribunal-wales-act-2018/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/additional-learning-needs-and-education-tribunal-wales-act-2018/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2018/2",
  "legislation_title": "Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/additional-learning-needs-and-education-tribunal-wales-act-2018",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Duty to refer a matter to a local authority that looks after a child",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies where—\n(a) it is brought to the attention of or otherwise appears to a governing body of a maintained school in Wales that a looked after child who is a registered pupil at the school may have additional learning needs, or\n(b) it is brought to the attention of or otherwise appears to a local authority that a child for whom it is responsible, but who is looked after by another local authority, may have additional learning needs.\n(2) The governing body or local authority must refer the matter to the local authority that looks after the child.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.9.2021 for specified purposes by S.I. 2021/373, arts. 3, 4 (as amended by S.I. 2021/735, art. 2(2)(a) and S.I. 2021/938, art. 2(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.9.2021 for specified purposes by S.I. 2021/373, arts. 6, 7 (as amended by S.I. 2021/735, art. 2(3)(a) and S.I. 2021/938, art. 2(4)(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.1.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2021/1243, art. 3(c) (with arts. 4-23) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 2; (10.6.2022) by S.I. 2022/663, art. 2 and (21.8.2023) by S.I. 2023/932, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.1.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2021/1244, art. 3(c) (with arts. 4-21) (as amended by S.I. 2021/1428, art. 3; (10.6.2022) by S.I. 2022/663, art. 3 and (21.8.2023) by S.I. 2023/932, art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I5",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.1.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2021/1245, arts. 3(c), 4 (with art. 1(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I6",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.9.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/895, arts. 3(c), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I7",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.9.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/896, art. 3(c) (with arts. 4-22) (as amended (21.8.2023) by S.I. 2023/932, art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I8",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.9.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/893, art. 4 (with art. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I9",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.9.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/892, art. 3(c) (with arts. 2, 4-18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I10",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.9.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/897, art. 3(c) (with arts. 1(8), 4-21) (as amended (21.8.2023) by S.I. 2023/932, art. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I11",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.9.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/891, art. 3(c) (with arts. 4-25) (as amended (21.8.2023) by S.I. 2023/932, art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I12",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.9.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/894, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I13",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.9.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/898, arts. 2(c), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I14",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.9.2025 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/893, art. 2(c) (with art. 1(2))"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2018/2/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:08.644876+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}