Amendments of the Children Act 19897
1
The Children Act 198911 is amended as follows.
2
In section 62 (duties of local authorities)12, in subsection (6)(c), after “Care Standards Act 2000” insert “or section 20 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008”.
3
In section 105 (interpretation)13, in subsection (1), for the definition of “independent hospital” substitute—
“independent hospital”—
- a
in relation to England, means a hospital as defined by section 275 of the National Health Service Act 2006 that is not a health service hospital as defined by that section; and
- b
in relation to Wales, has the same meaning as in the Care Standards Act 2000;