The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3, Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016

Transitional provision in relation to the review of cases

8.—(1) Where immediately before the relevant day a child is—

(a) looked after by a local authority, or

(b) placed by a local authority in a short-term placement, and

(c) in either case, there has not been a first review of the child’s case, or the first review is overdue in accordance with regulations made under section 26 of the 1989 Act(1),

that child’s case must be reviewed not later than 20 working days from the relevant day and any subsequent reviews must take place in accordance with regulations made under section 102 of the Act(2).

(2) Where immediately before the relevant day a child is looked after by a local authority and there has been a review of their case before that day and no further review is due in accordance with regulations made under section 26 of the 1989 Act until after the relevant day, the next review of the case must be carried out—

(a) where the review was a first review, within 3 months from the date of the that review; or

(b) where the last review was a second or subsequent review, 6 months from the date of that review; and

in either case subsequent reviews must be carried out in accordance with regulations made under section 102 of the Act.

(3) Where immediately before the relevant day a child is placed in a short-term placement and there has been a review of the child’s case before that day and no further review is due in accordance with regulations made under section 26 of the 1989 Act until after the relevant day, the next review of the child case must be carried out—

(a) where the review was a first review, within 6 months from the date of that review; or

(b) where the last review was a second or subsequent review, 6 months from the date of that review; and

in either case subsequent reviews must be carried out in accordance with regulations made under section 102 of the Act.

(1)

See the Review of Children’s Cases (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/307 (W. 26)).

(2)

See the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1818 (W. 261)).