{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-2004/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-2004/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/31",
  "legislation_title": "Children Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-2004",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Lead member for children’s services",
  "text": "(1) A local authority in England must, in making arrangements for the discharge of—\n(a) the functions conferred on or exercisable by the authority specified in section 18(1)(a) and (b), and\n(b) such other functions conferred on or exercisable by the authority as the authority consider appropriate,\ndesignate one of their members as their “lead member for children’s services”.\n(2) A local authority in England must have regard to any guidance given to them by the Secretary of State for the purposes of subsection (1).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 2 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. 55(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/31/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:56.383931+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}