{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/section-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/section-30.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/41",
  "legislation_title": "Children Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Miscellaneous.",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in this Part shall affect any duty imposed on a local authority by or under any other enactment.\n(2) Any question arising under section 20(2), 21(3) or 29(7) to (9) as to the ordinary residence of a child shall be determined by agreement between the local authorities concerned or, in default of agreement, by the Secretary of State but see subsection (2C).\n( 2A ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n( 2B ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2C) Any question arising as to whether a child is ordinarily resident—\n(a) in the area of a local authority under section 20(2), 21(3) or 29(7) to (9), or\n(b) in the area of a local authority in Wales under section 76(2), 77(4) or (5), or 193(3) to (6) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014,\nshall be determined by the local authority and local authority in Wales concerned, or in default of agreement, by the Secretary of State.\n(2D) The Secretary of State must consult the Welsh Ministers before making a determination under subsection (2C).\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) The Secretary of State may make regulations for determining, as respects any education functions specified in the regulations, whether a child who is being looked after by a local authority is to be treated, for purposes so specified, as a child of parents of sufficient resources or as a child of parents without resources.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 25A, 25B and cross-heading inserted (1.9.2009 for certain purposes for E., 26.4.2010 for certain purposes for W., and and 1.4.2011 otherwise for E.) by Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), ss. 10(1), 44; S.I. 2009/2273, art. 2(2)(c); S.I. 2010/1329, art. 2(c); S.I. 2010/2981, art. 4(c) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(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), 95(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(2) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 95(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 30(2A)(2B) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 95(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(2C)(2D) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 95(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 30(3) repealed (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), arts. 1, 5(1)(2), Sch. 2 para. 37(6)(a), Sch. 3 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(4) 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), 95(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 30(4) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), arts. 1, 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 37(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 30 wholly in force at 14.10.1991, see s. 108(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/section/30",
    "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."
}