The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016

84.  In section 24C(1) (information)— E+W

(a) in subsection (1) after “area of another local authority” insert “, or in the area of a local authority in Wales”;

(b) for subsection (2)(2) substitute—

“(2) Where a child who is accommodated in England—

(a) by a voluntary organisation or in a private children’s home;

(b) by or on behalf of any Local Health Board or Special Health Authority;

(c) by or on behalf of a clinical commissioning group or the National Health Service Commissioning Board;

(d) by or on behalf of a local authority in the exercise of education functions;

(e) by or on behalf of a local authority in Wales in the exercise of education functions;

(f) in any care home or independent hospital; or

(g) in any accommodation provided by or on behalf of a National Health Service trust or by or on behalf of an NHS Foundation Trust,

ceases to be so accommodated after reaching the age of 16, the person by whom or on whose behalf the child was accommodated or who carries on or manages the home or hospital (as the case may be) must inform the local authority or local authority in Wales within whose area the child proposes to live.”;

(c) in subsection (3) for “paragraph (b) or (c)” substitute “any of paragraphs (b) to (g)”;

(d) for subsection (4)(3) substitute—

“(4) In a case where a child was accommodated by or on behalf of a local authority, or a local authority in Wales, in the exercise of education functions, subsection (2) applies only if the authority who accommodated the child is different from the authority within whose area the child proposes to live.”

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 84 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 2(1)

(1)

Section 24C was substituted, together with sections 24, 24A and 24B, for section 24, as originally enacted by the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c. 35), section 4(1).

(2)

Section 24C(2) was amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), Schedule 5, paragraphs 47 and 50; by the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), Schedule 4, paragraphs 75 and 77, and by S.I. 2007/961 (W. 85), Schedule, paragraph 20(1) and (2)(c), and by S.I. 2010/1158, Schedule 2, paragraph 37(1) and (3)(a).

(3)

Section 24C(4) was inserted by S.I. 2010/1158, Schedule 2, paragraph 37(1) and (3)(b).