{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/section-24D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/section-24D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/41",
  "legislation_title": "Children Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989",
  "path": "section/24D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "24D",
  "heading": "Representations: sections 23A to 24B.",
  "text": "(1) Every local authority shall establish a procedure for considering representations (including complaints) made to them by—\n(a) a relevant child for the purposes of section 23A or a young person falling within section 23C;\n(b) a person qualifying for advice and assistance; or\n(c) a person falling within section 24B(2),\nabout the discharge of their functions under this Part in relation to him.\n(1A) Regulations may be made by the Secretary of State imposing time limits on the making of representations under subsection (1).\n(2) In considering representations under subsection (1), a local authority shall comply with regulations (if any) made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this subsection.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 24, 24A, 24B, 24C substituted for s. 24 (1.10.2001) by 2000 c. 35 , s. 4(1) ; S.I. 2001/2191 , art. 2 ; S.I. 2001/2878 , art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 24D inserted (1.10.2001) by 2000 c. 35, s. 5; S.I. 2001/2191, art. 2; S.I. 2001/2878, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 24D(1A) inserted (7.12.2004) by 2002 c. 38, ss. 117(1), 148 (with Sch. 4 paras. 6-8); S.I. 2004/3203, art. 2(m)(xi)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 24D(1A) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 85(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 24D(2) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 85(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/section/24D",
    "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."
}