Explanatory note

These Regulations come into force on 6 April 2011 and apply in Wales.

Section 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 imposes duties on Welsh authorities to prepare and publish a strategy for contributing to the eradication of child poverty in Wales. In these Regulations the Welsh Ministers and local authorities are excluded from the definition of Welsh authorities.

Regulation 3 provides for the duration of the first and subsequent child poverty strategies.

Regulation 4 provides for the timing of the publication of the child poverty strategies.

Regulation 5 provides for the manner in which a Welsh authority must publish a child poverty strategy.

Regulation 6 provides the dates upon which a review of a child poverty strategy published by a Welsh authority must be completed. Regulation 6 also provides that a Welsh authority must publish a review report and the review report is to be displayed on the website of the Welsh authority.

Regulation 7 provides for the Welsh authority to conduct a consultation prior to the child poverty strategy being published.