{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/schedule-2/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/schedule-2/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/41",
  "legislation_title": "Children Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Every local authority shall provide such family centres as they consider appropriate in relation to children within their area.\n(2) “Family centre” means a centre at which any of the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) may—\n(a) attend for occupational, social, cultural or recreational activities;\n(b) attend for advice, guidance or counselling; or\n(c) be provided with accommodation while he is receiving advice, guidance or counselling.\n(3) The persons are—\n(a) a child;\n(b) his parents;\n(c) any person who is not a parent of his but who has parental responsibility for him;\n(d) any other person who is looking after him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 9 wholly in force at 14.10.1991 see s. 108(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/24",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/5",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/schedule/2/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T07:28:21.051680+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}