The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016

67.  In section 20 (provision of accommodation for children: general)—

(a) in subsection (2)(b) after “prescribed” insert “in regulations made by the Secretary of State”;

(b) after subsection (2) insert—

“(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.”