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The Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/1961 · Made 22 July 2014

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Children And Young Persons, England And Wales

Made 22nd July 2014

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 148(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002f1, after consultation with the Welsh Ministersf2 and the Scottish Ministersf3.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2002 c.38.

f2

See section 148(2) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c.38) (“the Act”) and section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of, Schedule 11, to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32).

f3

See section 148(4) of the Act.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No. 12) Order 2014.

2Appointed day

25th July 2014 is the appointed day for the coming into force of sections 125 to 128, 129 and 131 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002f1.

Signature

Edward Timpson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Education

22nd July 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the twelfth Commencement Order made under the Adoption and Children Act 2002.

Article 2 brings into force on 25th July 2014 sections 125 to 128, 129 and 131 of that Act.

These sections provide for the establishment and maintenance of the Adoption and Children Act Register and extend to England and Wales.