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The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 9) (Wales) Order 2017

W.S.I. 2017/948 · Made 26 September 2017

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Children And Young Persons, Wales

Made 26 September 2017

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 44(3) and (5) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 and with the consent of the Secretary of Statef1, make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2008 c. 23. By virtue of section 44(6) of the Act an Order bringing section 10(2) into force in relation to Wales requires the consent of the Secretary of State.

Contents

  1. 1Title and interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and interpretation

(1)

The title of this Order is the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 9) (Wales) Order 2017.

(2)

In this Order “the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Children and Young Persons Act 2008.

2Appointed day

1 December 2017 is the appointed day for the coming into force in relation to Wales of the following provisions of the Act—

(a)

section 8(2) and Schedule 1 (children looked after by local authorities: supplementary and consequential provisions) in so far as they relate to paragraph 19 of that Schedule;

(b)

section 10(2) (independent reviewing officers);

(c)

section 42 and Schedule 4 (repeals) in so far as they relate to the repeal as specified in that Schedule of provisions in—

(i)

section 59 of the Children Act 1989f1;

(ii)

section 105(1) of the Children Act 1989;

(iii)

section 806(5) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005f2;

(iv)

section 18(8)(a) of the Childcare Act 2006f3f4.

Signature

Rebecca Evans

Minister for Social Services and Public Health under authority of the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport, one of the Welsh Ministers

26 September 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is the ninth Commencement Order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (“the Act”), which brings specified provisions of the Act in force in relation to Wales.

Article 2 provides that 1 December 2017 is the appointed day for the coming into force in relation to Wales of the provisions of the Act listed below—

(a)

section 8(2) and Schedule 1 in so far as they relate to paragraph 19 of that Schedule;

(b)

section 10(2);

(c)

section 42 and Schedule 4 (repeals) in so far as they relate to the repeal as specified in that Schedule of provisions in—

(i)

sections 59 and 105(1) of the Children Act 1989,

(ii)

section 806(5) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005,

(iii)

section 18(8)(a) of the Childcare Act 2006.

Paragraph 19 of Schedule 1 makes amendments to the meaning of “childcare” in section 18(8)(a) of the Childcare Act 2006.

Section 10(2) inserts section 25C into the Children Act 1989, which contains a regulation making power for the Lord Chancellor to extend the statutory functions of Independent Reviewing Officers (who have functions under the Children Act 1989 in relation to children who are looked after by local authorities).