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The Children Act 2004 (Commencement No. 10) (Wales) Order 2025

W.S.I. 2025/304 · Made 7 March 2025

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Children And Young Persons, Wales

Made 7 March 2025

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by section 67(3) of the Children Act 2004f1, and now vested in themf2, make the following Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2004 c. 31.

f2

The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.

Contents

  1. 1Title
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 10 March 2025
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title

The title of this Order is the Children Act 2004 (Commencement No. 10) (Wales) Order 2025.

2Provisions coming into force on 10 March 2025

Section 29 of the Children Act 2004f1 (information databases: Wales) comes into force on 10 March 2025.

Signature

Lynne Neagle

Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers

7 March 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made by the Welsh Ministers, brings into force on 10 March 2025 section 29 of the Children Act 2004 (information databases: Wales). Section 29 provides for the establishment and operation of databases for the purpose of arrangements under section 25 or 28 of the Children Act 2004 or under section 175 of the Education Act 2002.