Child Poverty Act 2010

Duty to make regulations requiring targets to be met in specified financial year U.K.

3 U.K. If the target statement relating to the target year or a renewed target year indicates that any of the targets has not been met in relation to that financial year, the Secretary of State must make regulations under this paragraph—

(a) requiring the Secretary of State to ensure that the targets are met in relation to a later financial year specified in the regulations,

(b) requiring the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers and the relevant Northern Ireland department to publish strategies,

(c) requiring consultation by the Secretary of State, in relation to any strategy prepared by the Secretary of State, with the persons mentioned in section 10(4)(a) to (d) and consultation by the Scottish Ministers and the relevant Northern Ireland department, in relation to strategies prepared by them, with the persons whom they are required to consult under section 13(3)(a) to (d), and

(d) requiring [F1 the Commission] to publish annual reports on the implementation of any strategy prepared by the Secretary of State.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(d) substituted (8.5.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(2)(j), Sch. 13 para. 13(3)

4 U.K. Regulations under paragraph 3 must be made as soon as reasonably practicable after the time when the target statement referred to in that paragraph is laid before Parliament.

5 U.K. Regulations under paragraph 3 may confer or impose functions on the Commission.

6 U.K. The provision that may be made by regulations under paragraph 3 includes provision corresponding to that made (in relation to financial years not later than the target year) by any of the following—

(a) sections 9 and 10 (UK strategies);

(b) sections 11, 12 and 13 (Scottish and Northern Ireland strategies);

F2 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 2 para. 6(c)(d) repealed (8.5.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(2)(j), Sch. 13 para. 13(4)