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Provisions coming into force on 1st April 2018

4.  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.