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

315.  In section 193 (recovery of costs between local authorities)— E+W

(a) in subsection (3) after “another local authority” insert “or local authority in England”;

(b) in subsection (4) after “another local authority” insert “or local authority in England”;

(c) in subsection (6)—

(i) for “subsection (7)” substitute “subsection (7) or (8)”;

(ii) after “under section 164(1) or (2)” insert “, or under section 27(2) of the Children Act 1989 (co-operation between authorities),”;

(iii) after “the local authority” insert “or local authority in England”;

(d) after subsection (7) insert—

“(8) Where a local authority (“authority A”) complies with any request under section 27(2) of the Children Act 1989 (co-operation between authorities) from a local authority in England (“authority B”) in relation to a person—

(a) whose responsible authority (within the meaning of Part 3 of that Act) is authority B for the purposes of section 23B or 23C of that Act, or

(b) whom authority B are advising or befriending or to whom it is giving assistance by virtue of section 24(5)(a) of that Act,

authority A may recover from authority B any reasonable expenses incurred by it in exercising its functions under sections 105 to 115 of this Act in respect of that person.”

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 315 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 2(1)