23Protocol for handling cases involving care leavers etc.(1)

Section 95 of the 2014 Act (co-operation) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)(d), after “Part” insert “and, in relation to persons who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4) (“the 2014 Act”)”.

(3)

After subsection (1) insert—(1A)

The arrangements under subsection (1) must include a protocol for handling cases involving—

(a)

persons aged 16 or 17 who are homeless or threatened with homelessness;

(b)

the accommodation and support needs of care leavers;

(c)

the accommodation and support needs of care leavers and persons aged 16 or 17 leaving youth detention accommodation, prison or approved premises.

(1B)

In subsection (1A), “care leavers”—

(a)

means persons falling within any of the categories of young person entitled to support under any of sections 105 to 115 of the 2014 Act (see section 104 of the 2014 Act), and

(b)

in paragraph (c), it includes persons who would be so entitled were it not for sections 185 and 186 of the 2014 Act.