Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010

3 Strategies prepared by the Welsh Ministers

(1) The Welsh Ministers—

(a) must publish their first strategy under this Part in 2010,

(b) must keep their strategy under review, and

(c) may from time to time remake or revise their strategy.

(2) Before making, remaking or revising their strategy, the Welsh Ministers must consult—

(a) the Secretary of State, and

(b) such other persons as they consider appropriate.

(3) The provisions of subsection (2)(a) are not to be interpreted as conferring a power or duty on the Secretary of State.

(4) The Welsh Ministers must publish a strategy when they make it and whenever they remake it; and, if they revise the strategy without remaking it, they must publish either the revisions or the strategy as revised (as they consider appropriate).

(5) If the Welsh Ministers publish a strategy or revisions under subsection (4) they must lay a copy of the strategy or revisions before the National Assembly for Wales.

(6) The Welsh Ministers must in 2013 and in every third year after 2013—

(a) publish a report containing an assessment of the extent to which—

(i) the objectives contained in their strategy for contributing to the eradication of child poverty have been achieved, and

(ii) if an objective has not been achieved, progress that has been made towards achieving the objective;

(b) lay a copy of the report before the National Assembly for Wales.