Regulation 9 Exception for “excellent” authorities

Regulations 3 to 8 shall not apply to any children’s services authority if, at the time when they would otherwise, by virtue of regulation 5, be required to publish a plan, they are categorised as excellent by reason of an order made by the Secretary of State under section 99(4) of the Local Government Act 2003^f1.

Paragraph (3) applies (instead of regulation 5(1)) where a children’s services authority cease by reason of an order made by the Secretary of State under 99(4) of the Local Government Act 2003 to be categorised as excellent.

Where this paragraph applies, the first plan to be prepared and published after the authority ceased to be categorised as excellent shall be published on or before 1^st April in the second year after the authority ceased to be so categorised.