Appointed day2

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 19892;

ii

section 105(1) of the Children Act 1989;

iii

section 806(5) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 20053;

iv

section 18(8)(a) of the Childcare Act 200645.