Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)

315.

In section 193 (recovery of costs between local authorities)—

(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.”