PART 10COMPLAINTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND ADVOCACY SERVICES
CHAPTER 1COMPLAINTS AND REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT SOCIAL SERVICES
176Representations relating to former looked after children etc
(1)
A local authority must establish a procedure for considering representations (including complaints) made to it by persons to whom subsection (2) applies about the discharge of its functions under Parts 3 to 7 in relation to those persons.
(2)
This subsection applies to—
(a)
category 2 young persons;
(b)
category 3 young persons;
(c)
category 4 young persons;
(d)
category 5 young persons;
(e)
category 6 young persons;
(f)
persons under the age of 25 who, if they were under the age of 21, would be—
(i)
category 5 young persons, or
(ii)
category 6 young persons falling within that category by virtue of section 104(3)(a).
(3)
Regulations may impose—
(a)
requirements in relation to the procedure that must be established;
(b)
time limits on the making of representations to which the procedure applies.
(4)
A local authority must—
(a)
give publicity to the procedure which it establishes for the purposes of this section;
(b)
comply with any requirements imposed under subsection (3)(a) in considering representations to which this section applies.
(5)
In this section “category 2 young person”, “category 3 young person”, “category 4 young person”, “category 5 young person” and “category 6 young person” have the meanings given by section 104.