The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Statutory Instruments

2021 No. 261

Children And Young Persons, England

The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Made

8th March 2021

Laid before Parliament

9th March 2021

Coming into force

30th March 2021

The Secretary of State for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22C(11), 23ZA(4)(b), 87D(2) and 104(4) of and paragraphs 12A, 12E and 12F of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989(1), sections 12(2), 15(3), 16(3), 22(1), (2)(d), (2)(f), (5)(a), (7)(a) and (c), 31(7) and 118(5) and (6) of the Care Standards Act 2000(2) and sections 9(1)(a) and 140(7) and (8) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002(3) makes the following Regulations.

(1)

1989 c. 41. Section 22C(11) was amended by S.I. 2016/413. Section 23ZA was inserted by section 15 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23). Section 87D was inserted by section 108 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14) (“the 2000 Act”). Paragraphs 12A to 12G of Schedule 2 were substituted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 2008. Paragraph 12F of Schedule 2 was amended by S.I. 2016/413.

(2)

2000 c. 14. Section 12(2) of the 2000 Act was amended by section 105(1) and (3) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) (“the 2003 Act”) and by paragraphs 1 and 11 of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14) (“the 2008 Act”). Section 15(3) of the 2000 Act was amended by paragraphs 1 and 14(b) of Schedule 5 to the 2008 Act. Section 16(3) of the 2000 Act was amended by section 105(1) and (3) of the 2003 Act and by paragraphs 1 and 15 of Schedule 5 to the 2008 Act. Sections 12(2), 15(3) and 16(3) of the 2000 Act were applied to a person who carries on or manages a holiday scheme for disabled children by regulation 2(1), (2)(b), (d), (e) and (j) of S.I. 2013/253, with the modifications specified in paragraphs 2 and 6 of the Schedule to those Regulations. Section 22(1) was amended by section 103(1) of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6). Section 22(1)(b)(ii) was amended by S.I. 2019/772. Section 31(7) was amended by section 95 of and Schedule 5 to the 2008 Act. See section 121 of the 2000 Act for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

(3)

2002 c. 38. Section 140(7) was inserted by section 7(1) of the Children and Families Act 2014.