Article 2(1)
| Column 1 – provision of the Act | Column 2– purpose for which the provision is to come into force |
|---|---|
| Sections 1 (Children’s homes), 2 (Independent hospitals etc.), 3 (Care homes), 4 (Other basic definitions), 5 (Registration authorities), and 7(7) (General duties of the Commission). | |
| Section 8 (General functions of the Assembly). | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under it. |
| Section 9(3)–(5) (Co— operative working). | |
| Sections 11 (Requirement to register),12 (Applications for registration), 14 (Cancellation of registration), 15 (Applications by registered persons). | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under them. |
| Sections 16 (Regulations about registration), 22 (Regulation of establishments and agencies), 23 (National minimum standards), 25 Contravention of regulations, 33 (Annual returns), 34 (Liquidators etc) and 35 (Death of registered person). | |
| Section 36 (Provision of copies of registers). | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under it. |
| Sections 38 (Transfers of staff under Part II), 42 (Power to extend the application of Part II), 43 (Introductory), 48 (Regulation of the exercise of relevant fostering functions), 49 (National minimum standards), 50 (Annual returns), 51 (Annual fee), 52 (Contravention of regulations). | |
| Section 79(1) (Amendment of Children Act 1989 (c. 41)). | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under a provision inserted by it into the Children Act 1989. |
| Section 79(1). | For the purposes of inserting the following provisions into the Children Act 1989: section 79B(2) (Other definitions etc) ; and section 79B(9) (which introduces Schedule 9A to the Children Act 1989), but only to the extent necessary for the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under Schedule 9A to the Children Act 1989 (which is inserted by Schedule 3 to the Act). |
| Section 79(2) (which introduces Schedule 3 to the Act). | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under a provision inserted into the Children Act 1989 by Schedule 3 to the Act. |
| Sections 79(3) and (4), “(schemes for the transfer of staff)”,107 (Boarding schools: national minimum standards), 108 (Annual fee for boarding school inspections), 112 (Charges for local authority welfare services), 114 (Schemes for the transfer of staff) and 115 (Effect of schemes). | |
| Section 116 (Minor and consequential amendments) (which introduces Schedule 4 to the Act). | For the purposes of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 4 specified below. |
| Section 117(1) (Transitional provisions, savings and repeals) (which introduces Schedule 5 to the Act). | For the purposes of bringing into force the provisions of Schedule 5 specified below. |
| Schedule 3. | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under a provision inserted by it into the Children Act 1989. |
| Paragraph 5(6) of Schedule 4 (which amends the Adoption Act 1976). | |
| Paragraph 1 of Schedule 5. | |
| Paragraph 2 of Schedule 5. | For the purposes of enabling subordinate legislation to be made under it. |