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Child Poverty Act 2010

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART A1 LIFE CHANCES

    1. Children: reporting obligations

      1. A1A.Workless households and educational attainment

    2. Social Mobility Commission

      1. A1B.Social Mobility Commission

      2. A1C.Promotion of social mobility, advice and reports

  3. Part 1 Strategies: Northern Ireland

    1. Targets relating to child poverty

      1. 1.The 2010 target

      2. 2.Duty of Secretary of State to ensure that targets in sections 3 to 6 are met

      3. 3.The relative low income target

      4. 4.The combined low income and material deprivation target

      5. 5.The absolute low income target

      6. 6.The persistent poverty target

      7. 7.Interpretation of terms used in relation to targets

    2. Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

      1. 8.Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission

      2. 8A.Advice

      3. 8B.Annual reports

      4. 8C.Other functions

    3. Strategies: duties of Secretary of State

      1. 9.UK strategies

      2. 10.Consultation

    4. Strategies: duties of ... relevant Northern Ireland department

      1. 11.Scottish strategies

      2. 12.Northern Ireland strategies

      3. 13. Consultation: ... Northern Ireland

    5. Reports by Secretary of State

      1. 14.Statement by Secretary of State

      2. 15.Statement required in relation to target year

    6. Economic and fiscal circumstances

      1. 16.Economic and fiscal circumstances

    7. Continuing effect of targets after target year

      1. 17.Continuing effect of targets after target year

    8. Supplementary

      1. 18.Interpretation of Part 1

  4. Part 2 Duties of local authorities and other bodies in England

    1. 19.Responsible local authorities

    2. 20.Partner authorities

    3. 21.Co-operation to reduce child poverty in local area

    4. 22.Local child poverty needs assessment

    5. 23.Joint child poverty strategy for local area

    6. 24.Sustainable community strategy

    7. 25.Meaning of “child poverty” in Part 2

  5. Part 3 Miscellaneous and General

    1. Free school lunches and milk

      1. 26.Free school lunches and milk

    2. General

      1. 27.General interpretation

      2. 28. ... orders

      3. 29.Financial provisions

      4. 30.Extent

      5. 31.Commencement

      6. 32.Short title

  6. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Social Mobility Commission

      1. Membership, chair and deputy chair

        1. 1.(1) The members of the Commission are to be—

      2. Term of office

        1. 2.Members are to hold and vacate office in accordance with...

        2. 3.Members must be appointed for a term of not more...

        3. 4.A member may resign by giving notice in writing to...

        4. 5.A Minister of the Crown may remove a member if—...

        5. 6.A person ceases to be the chair or the deputy...

        6. 7.A person who holds or has held office as the...

      3. Provision of staff and facilities etc

        1. 8.(1) A Minister of the Crown may provide the Commission...

      4. Payments

        1. 9.A Minister of the Crown may pay to or in...

      5. Supplementary powers

        1. 10.The Commission may do anything that appears to it necessary...

      6. Status

        1. 11.The Commission is not to be regarded—

      7. Sub-committees

        1. 12.The Commission may establish sub-committees.

      8. Validity of proceedings

        1. 13.The Commission may regulate— (a) its own procedure (including quorum);...

        2. 14.The validity of anything done by the Commission or any...

      9. Discharge of functions

        1. 15.The Commission may authorise a sub-committee or member to exercise...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Continuing effect of targets after target year

      1. Interpretation of Schedule

        1. 1.Continuing effect of targets after target year

      2. Duty to maintain targets

        1. 2.Continuing effect of targets after target year

      3. Duty to make regulations requiring targets to be met in specified financial year

        1. 3.Continuing effect of targets after target year

        2. 4.Continuing effect of targets after target year

        3. 5.Continuing effect of targets after target year

        4. 6.Continuing effect of targets after target year

      4. Economic and fiscal circumstances

        1. 7.Continuing effect of targets after target year

      5. Statement as to whether targets are met in relation to renewed target year

        1. 8.Continuing effect of targets after target year

      6. Power to exclude or modify absolute low income target

        1. 9.Continuing effect of targets after target year

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