Section 73 Provisions as to places of safety etc.

England and Wales

(1)

Local authorities shall make provision in community homes provided by them or in controlled community homes for the reception and maintenance of—

(a)

children removed to a place of safety under the M1Children and Young Persons Act 1933, sections 2(5), 16(3) or 28 of the M2Children and Young Persons Act 1969, section 34 of the M3Adoption Act 1976, or section 12 of the M4Foster Children Act 1980, and

(b)

children detained by them in pursuance of arrangements under section 29(3) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969.

(2)

Where under any of the enactments mentioned in subsection (1) above a child is removed to a place of safety, not being a community home provided by a local authority or a controlled community home and not being a hospital vested in the Secretary of State, the expenses of the child’s maintenance there shall be recoverable from the local authority within whose area the child was immediately before his removal.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1933 c. 12.
M2: 1969 c. 54.
M3: 1976 c. 36.
M4: 1980 c. 6.

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(7), Sch.15 (with Sch. 14 paras. 1(1), 21(1), 27(4) 31, 36(3)(b) with saving for ss. 16(1) and 24 in Sch. 14 paras. 23 and 28); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2). (Certain provisions of this Act are expressed to be amended (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 40(2); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.