Part 2 E+WChildren’s services in England

[F1 Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel] E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 16A and cross-heading inserted (29.6.2018) by Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c. 16), ss. 12, 70(2); S.I. 2018/497, reg. 3(a)

[F2 16DInformation E+W

(1) The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel may, for the purpose of enabling or assisting the performance of a function conferred by section 16B, request a person or body to provide information specified in the request to—

(a) the Panel,

(b) a reviewer, or

(c) another person or body specified in the request.

(2) The person or body to whom a request under this section is made must comply with the request.

(3) The Panel may enforce the duty under subsection (2) against the person or body by making an application to the High Court or the county court for an injunction.

(4) The information may be used by the Panel, reviewer, or other person or body to whom it is provided only for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1).

(5) In this section “reviewer” means any one or more persons appointed to review a case under the supervision of the Panel.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 16D inserted (29.6.2018) by Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c. 16), ss. 15, 70(2); S.I. 2018/497, reg. 3(d)