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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-wales-measure-2010/section-17",
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  "legislation": "mwa/2010/1",
  "legislation_title": "Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-wales-measure-2010",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Guidance",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers may give guidance to another Welsh authority from time to time about—\n(a) the exercise of functions under sections 1 to 10, or\n(b) any action to promote the broad aims for contributing to the eradication of child poverty.\n(2) A Welsh authority must have regard to the guidance when exercising its functions.\n(3) In exercising its functions under sections 11 and 12, a local authority must have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 10.1.2011 by S.I. 2010/2994, art. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2010/1/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:47.678679+00:00"
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  "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."
}