# The Additional Learning Needs (Wales) Regulations 2021, Regulation 16: Review periods where child has become looked after or child or young person has ceased to be looked after

Extent: E+W

(1) Paragraph (2) applies in each of the following circumstances—
(a) a local authority becomes responsible, by virtue of section 35(10) of the 2018 Act, for maintaining an individual development plan for a child who has become looked after by the local authority (“the transfer”);
(b) a local authority becomes responsible, by virtue of section 35(12) and (13) of the 2018 Act, for maintaining an individual development plan for a child or young person who has ceased to be a looked after child (“the transfer”).
(2) For the purposes of determining the review period within which the local authority must, under section 24(1) (for a case within paragraph (1)(a)) or 23(1) (for a case within paragraph (1)(b)) of the 2018 Act, first review the plan following the transfer, sections 23 and 24 of that Act apply (despite section 23(12) for a case within paragraph (1)(a)) as they did immediately before the transfer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/401/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/additional-learning-needs-wales-regulations-2021/regulation-16
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