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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-2008-commencement-no-9-wales-order-2017/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2017/948",
  "legislation_title": "The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 9) (Wales) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-2008-commencement-no-9-wales-order-2017",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis 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.\nArticle 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—\n(a) section 8(2) and Schedule 1 in so far as they relate to paragraph 19 of that Schedule;\n(b) section 10(2);\n(c) section 42 and Schedule 4 (repeals) in so far as they relate to the repeal as specified in that Schedule of provisions in—\n(i) sections 59 and 105(1) of the Children Act 1989,\n(ii) section 806(5) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005,\n(iii) section 18(8)(a) of the Childcare Act 2006.\nParagraph 19 of Schedule 1 makes amendments to the meaning of “childcare” in section 18(8)(a) of the Childcare Act 2006.\nSection 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).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/948/note",
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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."
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