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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-peoples-plan-england-regulations-2005/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2149",
  "legislation_title": "The Children and Young People’s Plan (England) Regulations 2005",
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  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Exception for “excellent” authorities",
  "text": "(1) 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.\n(2) 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.\n(3) 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 1st April in the second year after the authority ceased to be so categorised.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 26"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (with transtl provns)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/57",
      "affecting_title": "The Children and Young People’s Plan (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/1172",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Local and Subordinate Legislation) Order 2010"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2149/regulation/9",
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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."
}