Children Act 2004

50 Intervention E+W

[F1 (1) Section 497A of the Education Act 1996 (power to secure proper performance of a local authority's education functions) applies in relation to the functions of a local authority which are specified in subsection (2) as it applies in relation to a local authority's education functions.

(1A) In subsection (1) “education functions” has the meaning given by section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996.]

(2) [F2 The functions of a local authority are—]

(a) functions conferred on or exercisable by the authority which are social services functions, so far as those functions relate to children;

(b) the functions conferred on the authority under sections 23C to 24D of the Children Act 1989 (so far as not falling within paragraph (a)); and

(c) the functions conferred on the authority under sections 10, 12 [F3 , 12C, 12D and 17A] above (in the case of a [F4 local authority] in England) or under sections 25, 26 and 29 above (in the case of a [F4 local authority] in Wales).

(3) In subsection (2)(a) “social services functions” has the same meaning as in the the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42).

(4) Sections 497AA and 497B of the Education Act 1996 apply accordingly where powers under section 497A of that Act are exercised in relation to any of the [F5 functions of a local authority which are specified in subsection (2)].

(5) F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) In subsection (5) of section 497A of that Act, the reference to functions to which that section applies includes (for all purposes) [F7 the functions of a local authority which are specified in subsection (2)].

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 50(1)(1A) substituted (5.5.2010) for s. 50(1) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), arts. 1, 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 55(8)(a)

F2 Words in s. 50(2) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), arts. 1, 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 55(8)(b)(i)

F3 Words in s. 50(2) substituted (1.4.2010) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), ss. 194(6), 269; S.I. 2010/303, art. 3, Sch. 2

F4 Words in s. 50(2)(c) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), arts. 1, 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 55(8)(b)(ii)

F5 Words in s. 50(4) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), arts. 1, 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 55(8)(c)

F6 S. 50(5) repealed (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), arts. 1, 5(1)(2), Sch. 2 para. 55(8)(d), Sch. 3 Pt. 2

F7 Words in s. 50(6) substituted (5.5.2010) by The Local Education Authorities and Children's Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1158), arts. 1, 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 55(8)(e)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 50 wholly in force at 1.10.2006; s. 50 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 67(7); s. 50 in force for E. at 1.3.2005 by S.I. 2005/394, art. 2(1); s. 50 in force for W. at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/885, art. 2(4)