# The Children and Families Act 2014 (Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014, Article 33: Procedure for detained person’s EHC needs assessment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The 2014 Act and the Detained Persons Regulations 2015 apply to a detained person’s EHC needs assessment under this Part as they apply to a detained person’s EHC needs assessment under the 2014 Act, subject to the following provisions of this Article.
(2) Section 31 of the 2014 Act applies in relation to the detained person’s EHC needs assessment as if the home authority’s functions in relation to the assessment were functions under Part 3 of that Act.
(3) As part of the detained person’s EHC needs assessment, the home authority must invite the appropriate person to attend a meeting with a relevant officer of the authority to discuss the educational, health care and social care needs of the detained person.
(4) In paragraph (3) “relevant officer” means an officer of the home authority who exercises the home authority’s education functions in relation to children and young people with special educational needs.
(5) The home authority may invite any other person that it thinks appropriate to attend the meeting.
(6) Where the meeting is to take place in the relevant youth accommodation, the home authority may only invite others to attend the meeting with the consent of the person in charge of the relevant youth accommodation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2270/article/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-act-2014-transitional-and-saving-provisions-no-2-order-2014/article-33
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