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Welsh Statutory Instruments
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, WALES
Made
16th July 2002
Coming into force
1 August 2002
The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 23A(3) and 104(4) and paragraph 19B(3) of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989(1), hereby makes the following Regulations:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Children (Leaving Care) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st August 2002.
(2) These Regulations shall apply to Wales only.
2. The Children (Leaving Care) (Wales) Regulations 2001(2) are amended as follows—
(a)in Regulation 3 (Eligible children), paragraph (2)(b) is omitted,
(b)in Regulation 4 (Relevant children)—
(i)for paragraph (4) there is substituted—
“(4) Subject to paragraph (6), any child who has lived with a person falling within section 23(4) of the Act (“a family placement”) for a continuous period of six months or more is not to be a relevant child despite falling within section 23A(2).”;
(ii)after paragraph (5) there is inserted—
“(6) Where
(a)a family placement within the meaning of paragraph (4) breaks down and the child ceases to live with the person concerned, and
(b)six months have elapsed since that family placement began,
the child is to be treated as a relevant child.”.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(3)
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
16th July 2002
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Children (Leaving Care) Regulations 2001 (“the 2001 Regulations”). The 2001 Regulations make provision about support for children and young people aged 16 and over, who are, or have been, looked after by a local authority.
Regulation 3 of the 2001 Regulations is amended so that children placed with a parent, a person with parental responsibility or someone with a residence order in their favour under section 23(4) of the Children Act 1989 and who are subject to a care order, are eligible for local authority assistance.
Regulation 4 of the 2001 Regulations is amended so that children who have spent 6 months or more living with a parent, a person with parental responsibility or someone with a residence order in their favour, will still be eligible for local authority assistance if the placement subsequently breaks down.
1989 c. 41.Section 23A(3) is inserted by the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000. The functions of the Secretary of State under these provisions are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales in relation to Wales by virtue of article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and section 8(7) of the 2000 Act. “Prescribed” is defined in section 105(1) of the Children Act 1989.
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