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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-social-work-act-2017-commencement-no-3-regulations-2018/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/346",
  "legislation_title": "The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-social-work-act-2017-commencement-no-3-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2018",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st April 2018—\n(a) section 1 (corporate parenting principles);\n(b) section 2 (local offer for care leavers);\n(c) section 3 (advice and support);\n(d) section 11 (chapter 1: consequential amendments);\n(e) section 34 (education relating to relationships and sex);\n(f) section 35 (other personal, social, health and economic education);\n(g) sections 36(1), (2), (4) and (5) (Social Work England);\n(h) section 36(3) (Social Work England) so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraph (bb);\n(i) section 38 (advisers);\n(j) sections 39(2) to (4) (registration);\n(k) section 40 (restrictions on practice and protected titles);\n(l) sections 41(3) and (4) (professional standards);\n(m) sections 43(2) to (6) (education and training);\n(n) sections 44(2) to (5) (discipline and fitness to practise);\n(o) section 45 (offences);\n(p) section 48 (approval of courses for approved mental health professionals);\n(q) section 49 (approval of courses for best interests assessors);\n(r) sections 50(1) and (3) to (7) (fees);\n(s) section 51 (grants);\n(t) section 52(2) (information and advice);\n(u) section 53(1) (duty to co-operate) for the purpose of making regulations;\n(v) sections 55(2) and (3) (default powers);\n(w) section 56 (oversight by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care), so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraph (cc);\n(x) section 57 (conferral of functions and sub-delegation);\n(y) section 59 (parliamentary procedure for regulations under Part 2);\n(z) section 60 (transfer scheme);\n(aa) Part 1 of Schedule 2 (amendment relating to Chapter 1);\n(bb) paragraphs 1 to 12 and paragraphs 21 to 24 of Schedule 3 (Social Work England);\n(cc) in Schedule 4 (oversight by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care)—\n(i) paragraph 1, so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (ii) to (v);\n(ii) paragraph 4;\n(iii) paragraph 15(1), so far as it relates to paragraph 15(2);\n(iv) paragraph 15(2) for the purpose of making regulations; and\n(v) paragraph 16.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/346/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:00:21.892221+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."
}