2A

Where a local authority in Wales provide accommodation under section 76(1) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (accommodation for children without parents or who are lost or abandoned etc.) for a child who is ordinarily resident in the area of a local authority in England, that local authority in England may take over the provision of accommodation for the child within—

a

three months of being notified in writing that the child is being provided with accommodation; or

b

such other longer period as may be prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State.