{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-social-work-act-2017/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-social-work-act-2017/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/16",
  "legislation_title": "Children and Social Work Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-social-work-act-2017",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "After section 16K of the Children Act 2004 (inserted by section 22 of this Act) insert—\n“Interpretation of sections 16E to 16K\n16L In sections 16E to 16K—\n“reviewer” has the meaning given by section 16F(7);\n“safeguarding partner”, in relation to a local authority area, has the meaning given by section 16E(3);\n“serious child safeguarding cases” has the meaning given by section 16B(9);\n“relevant agency”, in relation to a local authority area, has the meaning given by section 16E(3).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 23 in force at 29.6.2018 by S.I. 2018/497, reg. 3(l)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/16/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:34.458876+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."
}