# Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000, Section 7: Minor and consequential amendments.

Extent: E+W

(1) The 1989 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In section 17 (provision of services for children in need, their families and others), in subsection (5)(a), for “23 or 24” substitute “ 23, 23B to 23D, 24A or 24B ”.
(3) In section 29 (recoupment of cost of providing services etc.)—
(a) at the beginning of subsection (9), insert “ Except where subsection (10) applies, ”; and
(b) after subsection (9) insert—
“(10) Where a local authority (“authority A”) comply with any request under section 27(2) from another local authority (“authority B”) in relation to a child or other person—
(a) whose responsible authority is authority B for the purposes of section 23B or 23C; or
(b) whom authority B are advising or befriending or to whom they are giving assistance by virtue of section 24(5)(a),
authority A may recover from authority B any reasonable expenses incurred by them in respect of that person.”.
(4) In Part I of Schedule 2 (provision of services for families), in paragraph 1(2)(a)(i), for “20 and 24” substitute “ 20, 23B to 23D, 24A and 24B ”.
(5) In the Care Standards Act 2000, in Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments)—
(a) in paragraph 14(4), the words “, as it has effect before the commencement of section 4 of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000”; and
(b) paragraph 14(5) and (6),
are repealed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/35/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-act-2000/section-7
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