The Children’s Trust Board (Children and Young People’s Plan) (England) Regulations 2010

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide for each Children’s Trust Board (“Board”) to prepare, consult upon, publish and review a children and young people’s plan (“plan”). The plan sets out the Board partners’ strategy for co-operating with each other with a view to improving the well-being of local children and relevant young persons.

Regulation 4 sets out the matters which must be included in the plan.

The Board when preparing, reviewing or revising the plan must have regard to the importance of acting, so far as possible, in a way which is compatible with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (regulation 5).

The first plan is to be published on or before 1st April 2011, and then each subsequent plan must be published no later than 6 weeks after the end of the last plan period (which is the period to which the plan is to relate and is determined by the Board). Regulation 6(2) provides for the way in which the plan must be published.

The Board must consult the persons and bodies set out in regulation 7 when preparing the plan. Under regulation 8 the Board is also required to review and if necessary revise the plan in each year that it is not required to publish a new plan, with provision for further limited consultation during the conduct of such a review.

Regulation 9 is a transitional provision to allow for these Regulations to refer to a children’s services authority as a local authority prior to the anticipated coming into force of an order under section 162(1)(b) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006, which will replace any references in legislation to children’s services authorities with references to local authorities.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of businesses and the voluntary sector is available from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website.