Children and Social Work Act 2017

9 (1) Section 31 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (supply of information concerning deaths of children) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsections (2) and (4), for “appropriate Board” substitute “ appropriate authority ”.

(3) In subsection (5), for “Subsection (6) applies” substitute “ Subsections (5A) and (6) apply ”.

(4) After subsection (5) insert—

“(5A) Where the registrar's sub-district is in England, the registrar must, before the end of the required period, secure that the appropriate authority is notified—

(a) of the issuing of the certificate; and

(b) of the registrar's belief and the grounds for it.”

(5) In subsection (6)—

(a) at the beginning insert “ Where the registrar's sub-district is in Wales, ”;

(b) omit “Local Safeguarding Children Board in England or”.

(6) In subsection (7)(c), for “subsection” substitute “ subsections (5A) and ”.

(7) After subsection (8) insert—

“(8A) The child death review partners for each local authority area in England must—

(a) make arrangements for the receipt by them of notifications under this section; and

(b) publish those arrangements.”

(8) In subsection (9) omit “Each Local Safeguarding Children Board in England and”.

(9) Subsection (10) is amended as follows.

(10) In the definition of “the appropriate Board”—

(a) for “Board” substitute “ authority ”;

(b) in paragraph (a), for “the Local Safeguarding Children Board in England in whose area” substitute “ in relation to a register kept for a sub-district in England, the child death review partners for the local authority area within which ”;

(c) in paragraph (b), at the beginning insert “ in relation to a register kept for a sub-district in Wales, ”.

(11) At the appropriate place insert—

““child death review partners” has the meaning given by section 16Q(2) of the Children Act 2004;”.

(12) Omit the definition of “Local Safeguarding Children Board in England”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 29.6.2018 by S.I. 2018/497, reg. 3(s) (with reg. 11)