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.