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The Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/1403 · Made 20 May 2004

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 20th May 2004

The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 148(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002f1, after consultation with the National Assembly for Walesf2, hereby makes the following Order —

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2002 c. 38. The power in section 148(1) is exercisable by the Secretary of State.

f2

By virtue of section 148(2), the power under subsection (1) is only exercisable (other than an order bringing paragraph 53 of Schedule 3 into force) after the Secretary of State consults the National Assembly for Wales.

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. 6) Order 2004.

2Appointed Day

21st May 2004 is the appointed day for the coming into force of section 118 (review of cases of looked after children) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.

Signature

Margaret Hodge

Minister of State

Department for Education and Skills

20th May 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the sixth Commencement Order made under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (“the Act”).

Article 2 brings into force on 21st May 2004 section 118 of the Act. That section amends section 26 of the Children Act 1989 (review of cases of looked after children) to provide that regulations may be made to require a local authority to review the care plan of a looked after child.