2

Where a child who is accommodated in England—

a

by a voluntary organisation or in a private children’s home;

b

by or on behalf of any Local Health Board or Special Health Authority;

c

by or on behalf of a clinical commissioning group or the National Health Service Commissioning Board;

d

by or on behalf of a local authority in the exercise of education functions;

e

by or on behalf of a local authority in Wales in the exercise of education functions;

f

in any care home or independent hospital; or

g

in any accommodation provided by or on behalf of a National Health Service trust or by or on behalf of an NHS Foundation Trust,

ceases to be so accommodated after reaching the age of 16, the person by whom or on whose behalf the child was accommodated or who carries on or manages the home or hospital (as the case may be) must inform the local authority or local authority in Wales within whose area the child proposes to live.

4

In a case where a child was accommodated by or on behalf of a local authority, or a local authority in Wales, in the exercise of education functions, subsection (2) applies only if the authority who accommodated the child is different from the authority within whose area the child proposes to live.