{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-2004/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-2004/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/31",
  "legislation_title": "Children Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-2004",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Power to establish registration scheme in Wales",
  "text": "(1) The Assembly may by regulations require any person who fosters a child privately in the area of a local authority in Wales to be registered for private fostering by that authority in accordance with the regulations.\n(2) Subsections (2) to (15) of section 45 apply in relation to regulations under this section as they apply in relation to regulations under that section with the substitution for references to a local authority in England of references to a local authority in Wales.\n(3) Subsection (16) of that section applies for the purposes of this section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 46 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(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/31/section/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:07:50.461255+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."
  }
}