The Local Safeguarding Children Boards (Review) Regulations 2013

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Safeguarding Children Boards (Review) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 9th October 2013.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Children Act 2004;

“Board partner” means a person who is a Board partner of the authority under section 13(3)(1) of the Act;

“LSCB” means a Local Safeguarding Children Board established under section 13(2) of the Act;

“LSCB Chair” means the person appointed by the authority, after consultation with its Board partners, as the chair of the LSCB in accordance with regulation 4 of the LSCB Regulations;

“the LSCB Regulations” means the Local Safeguarding Children Boards Regulations 2006(3);

“relevant body” means—

(i)

a person or body set out in regulation 3A(4) of the LSCB Regulations represented on the LSCB;

(ii)

any other relevant person or body represented on the LSCB by virtue of section 13(5) of the Act;

“representative” means any representative on the LSCB of—

(i)

the authority;

(ii)

a Board partner; or

(iii)

a relevant body.

(3) References to “the authority” in these Regulations are to—

(a) the local authority by which an LSCB is established, or

(b) in a case where an LSCB is established by two or more local authorities for their combined area, those authorities acting jointly.

(1)

Section 13(3) is amended by S.I. 2010/1158. Section 13(3)(ca) and (cb) is inserted by paragraph 4(1) and (4) of Schedule 3 to the Offender Management Act 2007 (c.21). Section 13(3)(da) and (db) is inserted by paragraphs 127 and 131(a) and (b) of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c.7) (“the 2012 Act”). Section 13(3)(e) is repealed by paragraphs 127 and 131(c) of Schedule 5 to the 2012 Act. Section 13(3)(f) is amended by paragraphs 96 and 98 of Schedule 14 to the 2012 Act. Section 13(3)(g) is amended by paragraphs 82 and 85 of Schedule 1 to the Education and Skills Act 2008 (c.25).

(2)

See footnote (b) for amendments to section 13(3). In addition, section 13(1), (4), (5A) and (8) is amended by S.I. 2010/1158. Section 13(5A) and (5B) is inserted by section 196(1) and (2) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c.22).

(3)

S.I. 2006/90, amended by S.I. 2010/662 and S.I. 2010/1172.

(4)

Regulation 3A is inserted by S.I. 2010/622.