Part II Promotion of Children’s Welfare by Local Authorities and by Children’s Hearings etc.

C1Chapter 1 Support for Children and Their Families

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Pt. II Ch. 1 (ss. 16-38) modifed (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/3255, reg. 7(1)

Provision of services

I120 Publication of information about services for children.

1

A local authority shall, within such period after the coming into force of this section as the Secretary of State may direct, and thereafter from time to time, prepare and publish information—

a

about relevant services which are provided by them for or in respect of children (including, without prejudice to that generality, services for or in respect of disabled children or children otherwise affected by disability) in their area or by any other local authority for those children; and

b

where they consider it appropriate, about services which are provided by voluntary organisations and by other persons for those children, being services which the authority have power to provide and which, were they to do so, they would provide as relevant services.

2

In subsection (1) above, “relevant services” has the same meaning as in section 19 of this Act.