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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-act-2014-transitional-provisions-order-2014/article-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1042",
  "legislation_title": "The Children and Families Act 2014 (Transitional Provisions) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-act-2014-transitional-provisions-order-2014",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Care Plans",
  "text": "(1) Section 31(3A) and (3B) of the 1989 Act, as inserted by section 15(1) of the 2014 Act, only applies in respect of applications for care or supervision orders issued on or after the commencement date.\n(2) Where a court is exercising its power under section 31(1) in relation to an application for a care or supervision order made before the commencement date, no care order may be made with respect to a child until the court has considered a section 31A plan.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1042/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:18:30.345497+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}