Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2018
4. The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st April 2018—
(a)section 1 (corporate parenting principles);
(b)section 2 (local offer for care leavers);
(c)section 3 (advice and support);
(d)section 11 (chapter 1: consequential amendments);
(e)section 34 (education relating to relationships and sex);
(f)section 35 (other personal, social, health and economic education);
(g)sections 36(1), (2), (4) and (5) (Social Work England);
(h)section 36(3) (Social Work England) so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraph (bb);
(i)section 38 (advisers);
(j)sections 39(2) to (4) (registration);
(k)section 40 (restrictions on practice and protected titles);
(l)sections 41(3) and (4) (professional standards);
(m)sections 43(2) to (6) (education and training);
(n)sections 44(2) to (5) (discipline and fitness to practise);
(o)section 45 (offences);
(p)section 48 (approval of courses for approved mental health professionals);
(q)section 49 (approval of courses for best interests assessors);
(r)sections 50(1) and (3) to (7) (fees);
(s)section 51 (grants);
(t)section 52(2) (information and advice);
(u)section 53(1) (duty to co-operate) for the purpose of making regulations;
(v)sections 55(2) and (3) (default powers);
(w)section 56 (oversight by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care), so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraph (cc);
(x)section 57 (conferral of functions and sub-delegation);
(y)section 59 (parliamentary procedure for regulations under Part 2);
(z)section 60 (transfer scheme);
(aa)Part 1 of Schedule 2 (amendment relating to Chapter 1);
(bb)paragraphs 1 to 12 and paragraphs 21 to 24 of Schedule 3 (Social Work England);
(cc)in Schedule 4 (oversight by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care)—
(i)paragraph 1, so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (ii) to (v);
(ii)paragraph 4;
(iii)paragraph 15(1), so far as it relates to paragraph 15(2);
(iv)paragraph 15(2) for the purpose of making regulations; and
(v)paragraph 16.