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The Children Act 2004 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2006

S.I. 2006/927 · Made 25 March 2006

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND

Made 25th March 2006

The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 67(2) of the Children Act 2004f1, makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

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c.31.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Children Act 2004 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2006.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” means the Children Act 2004.

2Provisions coming into force

The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st April 2006—

(a)

sections 13 (establishment of LSCBs), 14 (functions and procedure of LSCBs), 15 (funding of LSCBs) and 16 (LSCBs: supplementary) so far as they are not already in force; and

(b)

section 56 (social services functions) so far as it relates to sections 13 to 16 of the Act.

Signature

Maria Eagle

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Education and Skills

25th March 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the ninth Commencement Order made under the Children Act 2004 (“the Act”).

It brings fully into force on 1st April 2006 sections 13 to 16 of the Act which are concerned with the establishment by each children’s services authority in England of a Local Safeguarding Children Board for their area.

Section 56 adds functions relating to Local Safeguarding Children Boards in England to the list of functions which are social services functions in the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970.