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Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, Section 129 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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Local offer for care leaversN.I.

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129.  After Article 34F of the Children Order (Pathway Plans) insert—

Local offer for care leavers

34G.(1) An authority must publish information about—

(a)services which the authority offers for care leavers in the exercise of its functions under this Order;

(b)other services that the authority offers that may assist care leavers in, or in preparing for, adulthood and independent living.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), services which may assist care leavers in, or in preparing for, adulthood and independent living include services relating to—

(a)health and well-being;

(b)relationships;

(c)education and training;

(d)employment;

(e)accommodation;

(f)participation in society.

(3) Where it considers appropriate, an authority must publish information about services for care leavers offered by others which the authority has power to offer as a result of its functions under this Order.

(4) Information required to be published by an authority under this Article is to be known as its “local offer for care leavers”.

(5) An authority must update its local offer for care leavers from time to time, as appropriate.

(6) Before publishing its local offer for care leavers (or any updated version) an authority must consult relevant persons about which of the services offered by the authority may assist care leavers in, or in preparing for, adulthood and independent living.

(7) In this Article—

care leavers” means—

(a)

eligible children within the meaning given by Article 34A(3);

(b)

relevant children within the meaning given by Article 34B(2);

(c)

persons aged under 25 who are former relevant children within the meaning given by Article 34D(1);

(d)

persons qualifying for advice and assistance within the meaning given by Article 35(1);

relevant persons”, in relation to an authority, means such care leavers and other persons as appear to the authority to be representative of care leavers in its area..

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I1S. 129 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 160(1)

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