Review periods where child has become looked after or child or young person has ceased to be looked afterE+W
16.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies in each of the following circumstances—
(a)a local authority becomes responsible, by virtue of section 35(10) of the 2018 Act, for maintaining an individual development plan for a child who has become looked after by the local authority (“the transfer”);
(b)a local authority becomes responsible, by virtue of section 35(12) and (13) of the 2018 Act, for maintaining an individual development plan for a child or young person who has ceased to be a looked after child (“the transfer”).
(2) For the purposes of determining the review period within which the local authority must, under section 24(1) (for a case within paragraph (1)(a)) or 23(1) (for a case within paragraph (1)(b)) of the 2018 Act, first review the plan following the transfer, sections 23 and 24 of that Act apply (despite section 23(12) for a case within paragraph (1)(a)) as they did immediately before the transfer.