Section 85 Children accommodated by health authorities and local education authorities.I1

Where a child is provided with accommodation F1in England by any F2F3..., Special Health Authority, F4... F5National Health Service trust F6or NHS foundation trust or by a local authority F7in England in the exercise of education functions (“the accommodating authority”)—

the accommodating authority shall notify F8the appropriate officer of the responsible authority.

Where subsection (1) applies with respect to a child, the accommodating authority shall also notify F9the appropriate officer of the responsible authority when they cease to accommodate the child.

Where a child is provided with accommodation—

subsections (1) and (2) apply in relation to the Secretary of State, NHS England or (as the case may be) F13the integrated care board as if it were the accommodating authority.

In a case where the child is F15provided with accommodation in England by a local authority in England in the exercise of education functions, subsections (1) and (2) apply only if the local authority providing the accommodation is different from the responsible authority.

In this section “the responsible authority” means—

In this section and sections 86 and 86A “ the appropriate officer ” means—

Where F18the appropriate officer of a F19local authority in England has been notified under this section, or under section 120 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (assessment of children accommodated by health authorities and education authorities), F20the local authority shall—

For the purposes of subsection (4)(b), if the child is not in the area of the local authority, they must treat him as if he were in that area.