The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement) Order 2010

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2010 No. 1699 (W.160) (C.87)

SOCIAL CARE, WALES

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, WALES

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, WALES

The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement) Order 2010

Made

24 June 2010

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 74(2) and 75(3) of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010(1), make the following Order.

Citation, interpretation and application

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement) Order 2010.

(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

(3) In this Order —

• “the 2010 Measure” (“Mesur 2010”) means the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010.

Appointed day for specified areas

2.—(1) Paragraph (2) of this article applies in relation to the local authority areas specified in article 3.

(2) Those provisions of Part 3 of the 2010 Measure set out in the Schedule come into force on 1 September 2010.

Specified areas

3.  The local authority areas specified for the purposes of article 2 are —

(a) Merthyr Tydfil(2);

(b) Newport;

(c) Rhondda Cynon Taff ; and

(d) Wrexham.

Gwenda Thomas

Deputy Minister for Social Services under authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers

24 June 2010

Provisions of Part 3

SCHEDULE 1

1.  Section 57 (Establishment of integrated family support teams)

2.  Section 58 except subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d) of subsection (6) (Functions of integrated family support teams)

3.  Section 59 (Resources for integrated family support teams)

4.  Section 60 (Composition of integrated family support teams)

5.  Section 61 (Establishment of integrated family support boards)

6.  Section 62 (Functions of integrated family support boards)

7.  Section 63 (Regulations about integrated family support teams and boards)

8.  Section 64 (Annual reports on integrated family support teams)

9.  Section 65 (Guidance about integrated family support teams).

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into effect part 3 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (“the Measure”) on 1 September 2010 in the specified areas. The specified areas are the local authority areas of Merthyr Tydfil, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taff and Wrexham.

Part 3 of the Measure requires local authorities to establish one or more integrated family support (“IFS”) teams in their area. A Local Health Board whose area corresponds to the area of a local authority must participate in the establishment of the team. Section 58 of the Measure sets out the kinds of cases that can be referred to an IFS team and section 58(6) sets out categories of adults who may be subject to a family referral. Only paragraph (a) of section 58(6) is commenced that is to say that an IFS team will only be able to receive referrals in relation to families where a parent is dependent on alcohol or drugs.

Part 3 includes other provision about the funding of IFS teams (s.59) and the composition of IFS teams (s.60). Sections 61 and 62 provide for the establishment of IFS boards to oversee the teams. Section 63 gives the Welsh Ministers power to make regulations about various aspects of the functioning of the IFS teams and boards. Section 64 requires a board to make an annual report on the team. Section 65 requires local authorities, local health boards, IFS teams and boards to have regard to any guidance given by the Welsh Ministers.

(1)

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(2)

The local authority areas designated as specified areas are as set out in Part 2 of Schedule 4 of the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70).