SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Part 1 of this Act: consequential amendments
Part 2Amendments relating to abolition of Local Safeguarding Children Boards
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1
Section 31 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (supply of information concerning deaths of children) is amended as follows.
2
In subsections (2) and (4), for “appropriate Board” substitute “
appropriate authority
”
.
3
In subsection (5), for “Subsection (6) applies” substitute “
Subsections (5A) and (6) apply
”
.
4
After subsection (5) insert—
5A
Where the registrar's sub-district is in England, the registrar must, before the end of the required period, secure that the appropriate authority is notified—
a
of the issuing of the certificate; and
b
of the registrar's belief and the grounds for it.
5
In subsection (6)—
a
at the beginning insert “
Where the registrar's sub-district is in Wales,
”
;
b
omit “Local Safeguarding Children Board in England or”.
6
In subsection (7)(c), for “subsection” substitute “
subsections (5A) and
”
.
7
After subsection (8) insert—
8A
The child death review partners for each local authority area in England must—
a
make arrangements for the receipt by them of notifications under this section; and
b
publish those arrangements.
8
In subsection (9) omit “Each Local Safeguarding Children Board in England and”.
9
Subsection (10) is amended as follows.
10
In the definition of “the appropriate Board”—
a
for “Board” substitute “
authority
”
;
b
in paragraph (a), for “the Local Safeguarding Children Board in England in whose area” substitute “
in relation to a register kept for a sub-district in England, the child death review partners for the local authority area within which
”
;
c
in paragraph (b), at the beginning insert “
in relation to a register kept for a sub-district in Wales,
”
.
11
At the appropriate place insert—
“child death review partners” has the meaning given by section 16Q(2) of the Children Act 2004;
12
Omit the definition of “Local Safeguarding Children Board in England”.