123Services for children notified to a local authority F1...E+W
(1)A local authority must provide such services as it considers appropriate for children in respect of whom it receives notification under section 120 or 121 [F2, or under section 85 of the Children Act 1989 (children accommodated by health authorities and local education authorities)].
(2)The services provided under this section must be provided with a view to promoting contact between each child in respect of whom the local authority receives notification and the child's family.
(3)The services may include anything the authority may provide or arrange under Part 4.
(4)Nothing in this section affects the duty imposed by section 39.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in heading omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 307(b)
F2Words in s. 123(1) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 307(a)
Commencement Information
I1S. 123 in force at 6.4.2016 by S.I. 2016/412, art. 2 (with art. 4, Schs. 1, 2)