The Adoption and Care Planning (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018

Statutory Instruments

2018 No. 152

Children And Young Persons, England

The Adoption and Care Planning (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018

Made

5th February 2018

Laid before Parliament

8th February 2018

Coming into force

5th March 2018

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22C(11) and 104(4) of and paragraphs 12A, 12B and 12E of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989(1) and sections 56(3), 57(6), 58(2) and 140(7) and (8) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002(2).

(1)

1989 c.41. Section 22C was inserted by section 8(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c.23) (“the 2008 Act”) and amended by regulations 4(b) and (f) and 6(b) of S.I. 2014/889 and regulations 2(1), 55 and 70(c) of S.I. 2016/413. Paragraphs 12A, 12B and 12E of Schedule 2 were inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the 2008 Act and paragraph 12F was amended by regulations 2(1), 55 and 113(d) of S.I. 2016/413. For the definition of “prescribed” see section 105(1) of the Children Act 1989.

(2)

2002 c.38. Section 140(7) was amended by section 7(1) and (6) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c.6). See section 144(1) for the definition of “regulations” and section 131(1)(b) for the definition of “prescribed”.