# The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2018, Regulation 4: Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2018


The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st April 2018—
(a) section 1 (corporate parenting principles);
(b) section 2 (local offer for care leavers);
(c) section 3 (advice and support);
(d) section 11 (chapter 1: consequential amendments);
(e) section 34 (education relating to relationships and sex);
(f) section 35 (other personal, social, health and economic education);
(g) sections 36(1), (2), (4) and (5) (Social Work England);
(h) section 36(3) (Social Work England) so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraph (bb);
(i) section 38 (advisers);
(j) sections 39(2) to (4) (registration);
(k) section 40 (restrictions on practice and protected titles);
(l) sections 41(3) and (4) (professional standards);
(m) sections 43(2) to (6) (education and training);
(n) sections 44(2) to (5) (discipline and fitness to practise);
(o) section 45 (offences);
(p) section 48 (approval of courses for approved mental health professionals);
(q) section 49 (approval of courses for best interests assessors);
(r) sections 50(1) and (3) to (7) (fees);
(s) section 51 (grants);
(t) section 52(2) (information and advice);
(u) section 53(1) (duty to co-operate) for the purpose of making regulations;
(v) sections 55(2) and (3) (default powers);
(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);
(x) section 57 (conferral of functions and sub-delegation);
(y) section 59 (parliamentary procedure for regulations under Part 2);
(z) section 60 (transfer scheme);
(aa) Part 1 of Schedule 2 (amendment relating to Chapter 1);
(bb) paragraphs 1 to 12 and paragraphs 21 to 24 of Schedule 3 (Social Work England);
(cc) in Schedule 4 (oversight by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care)—
(i) paragraph 1, so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (ii) to (v);
(ii) paragraph 4;
(iii) paragraph 15(1), so far as it relates to paragraph 15(2);
(iv) paragraph 15(2) for the purpose of making regulations; and
(v) paragraph 16.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/346/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-social-work-act-2017-commencement-no-3-regulations-2018/regulation-4
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