Provisions coming into force on 1st April 20184

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1st April 2018—

a

section 1 (corporate parenting principles);

b

section 2 (local offer for care leavers);

c

section 3 (advice and support);

d

section 11 (chapter 1: consequential amendments);

e

section 34 (education relating to relationships and sex);

f

section 35 (other personal, social, health and economic education);

g

sections 36(1), (2), (4) and (5) (Social Work England);

h

section 36(3) (Social Work England) so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraph (bb);

i

section 38 (advisers);

j

sections 39(2) to (4) (registration);

k

section 40 (restrictions on practice and protected titles);

l

sections 41(3) and (4) (professional standards);

m

sections 43(2) to (6) (education and training);

n

sections 44(2) to (5) (discipline and fitness to practise);

o

section 45 (offences);

p

section 48 (approval of courses for approved mental health professionals);

q

section 49 (approval of courses for best interests assessors);

r

sections 50(1) and (3) to (7) (fees);

s

section 51 (grants);

t

section 52(2) (information and advice);

u

section 53(1) (duty to co-operate) for the purpose of making regulations;

v

sections 55(2) and (3) (default powers);

w

section 56 (oversight by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care), so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraph (cc);

x

section 57 (conferral of functions and sub-delegation);

y

section 59 (parliamentary procedure for regulations under Part 2);

z

section 60 (transfer scheme);

aa

Part 1 of Schedule 2 (amendment relating to Chapter 1);

bb

paragraphs 1 to 12 and paragraphs 21 to 24 of Schedule 3 (Social Work England);

cc

in Schedule 4 (oversight by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care)—

i

paragraph 1, so far as it relates to the provisions brought into force by sub-paragraphs (ii) to (v);

ii

paragraph 4;

iii

paragraph 15(1), so far as it relates to paragraph 15(2);

iv

paragraph 15(2) for the purpose of making regulations; and

v

paragraph 16.