The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016

263.  In section 31(1) (supply of information concerning the death of children to Local Safeguarding Children Boards)— E+W

(a) in subsection (2) for “appropriate Local Safeguarding Children Board” substitute “appropriate Board”;

(b) in subsection (4) for “appropriate Local Safeguarding Children Board” substitute “appropriate Board”;

(c) in subsection (6), after “Local Safeguarding Children Board” insert “in England or Safeguarding Children Board in Wales”;

(d) in subsection (9) for “Each Local Safeguarding Children Board” substitute “Each Local Safeguarding Children Board in England and each Safeguarding Children Board in Wales”;

(e) in subsection (10)—

(i) for the definition of “the appropriate Local Safeguarding Children Board” substitute—

““the appropriate Board” means—

(a)

the Local Safeguarding Children Board in England within whose area is situated the sub-district for which the register is kept; or

(b)

the Safeguarding Children Board in Wales for the Safeguarding Board area within which is situated the sub-district for which the register is kept,

and “Safeguarding Board area” has the meaning given by section 142 of the 2014 Act.;”;

(ii) at the end insert—

““Local Safeguarding Children Board in England” means a Board established by a local authority in England under section 13 of the Children Act 2004;

“Safeguarding Children Board in Wales” means a Board established under section 134(4) of the 2014 Act.”;

(f) in the heading after “Local Safeguarding Children Boards” insert “in England and Safeguarding Children Boards in Wales”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 263 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 2(1)

(1)

Section 31 was amended by S.I. 2010/1158, Part 2 of Schedule 2, paragraph 65.