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Child Care Act 1980
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71Advisory Council on Child Care
(1)There shall continue to be a council, to be known as the Advisory Council on Child Care, for the purpose of advising the Secretary of State on matters connected with the discharge of his functions in England and Wales under—
(a)this Act,
(b)the Children and Young Persons Acts 1933 to 1969,
(c)the [1975 c. 72.] Children Act 1975, and
(d)the [1976 c. 36.] Adoption Act 1976.
(2)The Advisory Council on Child Care shall consist of such persons, to be appointed by the Secretary of State, as the Secretary of State may think fit, being persons specially qualified to deal with matters affecting the welfare of children and persons having such other qualifications as the Secretary of State considers requisite. Among the persons appointed under this subsection there shall be persons having experience in local government.
(3)The Secretary of State shall appoint a person to be chairman, and a person to be the secretary, of the Advisory Council on Child Care.
(4)It shall be the duty of the Advisory Council on Child Care to advise the Secretary of State on any matter which the Secretary of State may refer to them, being such a matter as is mentioned in subsection (1) above, and they may also, of their own motion, make representations to the Secretary of State as respects any such matter as is mentioned in that subsection.
(5)The Secretary of State may make out of moneys provided by Parliament such payments to the members of the Advisory Council on Child Care in respect of travelling, subsistence and other expenses as he may with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service determine.
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