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Child Care Act 1980 (repealed 14.10.1991)
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31 Regional planning of accommodation for children in care.E+W
(1)With a view to the preparation, in pursuance of the provisions of this Part of this Act, of regional plans for the provision of accommodation for children in the care of local authorities and for the equipment and maintenance of the accommodation, the Secretary of State may by order provide that any area specified in the order shall be a separate area (in this Act referred to as a “planning area”) for the purposes of those provisions.
(2)Before making an order under subsection (1) above, the Secretary of State shall consult each local authority whose area or any part of whose area is included in the planning area which he proposes should be specified in the order and such other local authorities, if any, as he thinks fit.
(3)It shall be the duty of the local authorities whose areas are wholly or partly included in a planning area (in this Act referred to, in relation to such an area, as “the relevant authorities”) to establish for the area, within such period as may be provided by the order specifying the planning area or such longer period as the Secretary of State may allow, a body to be called the children’s regional planning committee.
(4)The provisions of Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect in relation to children’s regional planning committees.
(5)In the case of an order under subsection (1) above which varies or revokes a previous order under that subsection—
(a)the reference in subsection (2) above to the planning area which the Secretary of State proposes should be specified in the order shall be construed as a reference to the planning area as it would be if the variation were made or, as the case may be, to the planning area as it is before the revocation; and
(b)the order may contain such transitional provisions (including provisions as to the expenses and membership of any existing or former children’s regional planning committee for a planning area) as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
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