| PART 1 |
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| ADOPTION AND CONTACT |
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| Adoption |
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| 1 | Contact between prescribed persons and adopted person’s relatives | England and Wales only |
| 2 | Placement of looked after children with prospective adopters | England only |
| 3 | Repeal of requirement to give due consideration to ethnicity: England | England only |
| 4 | Recruitment, assessment and approval of prospective adopters | England only |
| 5 | Adoption support services: personal budgets | England only |
| 6 | Adoption support services: duty to provide information | England only |
| 7 | The Adoption and Children Act Register | England, Wales and Scotland |
| Contact |
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| 8 | Contact: children in care of local authorities | England and Wales only |
| 9 | Contact: post-adoption | England and Wales only |
| PART 2 |
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| FAMILY JUSTICE |
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| 10 | Family mediation information and assessment meetings | England and Wales only |
| 11 | Welfare of the child: parental involvement | England and Wales only |
| 12 | Child arrangements orders | England and Wales only |
| 13 | Control of expert evidence, and of assessments, in children proceedings | England and Wales only |
| 14 | Care, supervision and other family proceedings: time limits and timetables | England and Wales only |
| 15 | Care plans | England and Wales only |
| 16 | Care proceedings and care plans: regulations: procedural requirements | England and Wales only |
| 17 | Repeal of restrictions on divorce and dissolution etc where there are children | England and Wales only |
| 18 | Repeal of uncommenced provisions of Part 2 of the Family Law Act 1996 | England and Wales only |
| PART 3 |
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| CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN ENGLAND WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OR DISABILITIES |
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| Local authority functions: general principles |
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| 19 | Local authority functions: supporting and involving children and young people | England only |
| Special educational needs etc |
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| 20 | When a child or young person has special educational needs | England only |
| 21 | Special educational provision, health care provision and social care provision | England only |
| Identifying children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities |
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| 22 | Identifying children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities | England only |
| 23 | Duty of health bodies to bring certain children to local authority’s attention | England only |
| Children and young people for whom a local authority is responsible |
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| 24 | When a local authority is responsible for a child or young person | England only |
| Education, health and care provision: integration and joint commissioning |
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| 25 | Promoting integration | England only |
| 26 | Joint commissioning arrangements | England only |
| Review of education and care provision |
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| 27 | Duty to keep education and care provision under review | England only |
| Co-operation and assistance |
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| 28 | Co-operating generally: local authority functions | England only |
| 29 | Co-operating generally: governing body functions | England only |
| Information and advice |
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| 30 | Local offer | England only |
| 31 | Co-operating in specific cases: local authority functions | England only |
| 32 | Advice and information | England only |
| Mainstream education |
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| 33 | Children and young people with EHC plans | England only |
| 34 | Children and young people with special educational needs but no EHC plan | England only |
| 35 | Children with SEN in maintained nurseries and mainstream schools | England only |
| Assessment |
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| 36 | Assessment of education, health and care needs | England only |
| Education, health and care plans |
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| 37 | Education, health and care plans | England only |
| 38 | Preparation of EHC plans: draft plan | England only |
| 39 | Finalising EHC plans: request for particular school or other institution | England only |
| 40 | Finalising EHC plans: no request for particular school or other institution | England only |
| 41 | Independent special schools and special post-16 institutions: approval | England only |
| 42 | Duty to secure special educational provision and health care provision in accordance with EHC Plan | England only |
| 43 | Schools and other institutions named in EHC plan: duty to admit | England only |
| 44 | Reviews and re-assessments | England only |
| 45 | Ceasing to maintain an EHC plan | England only |
| 46 | Maintaining an EHC plan after young person’s 25th birthday | England only |
| 47 | Transfer of EHC plans | England only |
| 48 | Release of child or young person for whom EHC plan previously maintained | England only |
| 49 | Personal budgets and direct payments | England only |
| 50 | Continuation of services under section 17 of the Children Act 1989 | England only |
| Appeals, mediation and dispute resolution |
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| 51 | Appeals | England only |
| 52 | Right to mediation | England only |
| 53 | Mediation: health care issues | England only |
| 54 | Mediation: educational and social care issues etc | England only |
| 55 | Mediation | England only |
| 56 | Mediation: supplementary | England only |
| 57 | Resolution of disagreements | England only |
| 58 | Appeals and claims by children: pilot schemes | England only |
| 59 | Appeals and claims by children: follow-up provision | England only |
| 60 | Equality Act 2010: claims against schools by disabled young people | England and Wales only |
| Special educational provision: functions of local authorities |
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| 61 | Special educational provision otherwise than in schools, post-16 institutions etc | England only |
| 62 | Special educational provision outside England and Wales | England only |
| 53 | Fees for special educational provision at non-maintained schools and post-16 institutions | England only |
| 64 | Supply of goods and services | England only |
| 65 | Access to schools, post-16 institutions and other institutions | England only |
| Special educational provision: functions of governing bodies and others |
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| 66 | Using best endeavours to secure special educational provision | England only |
| 67 | SEN co-ordinators | England only |
| 68 | Informing parents and young people | England only |
| 69 | SEN information report | England only |
| Detained persons |
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| 70 | Application of Part to detained persons | England and Wales only |
| 71 | Assessment of post-detention education, health and care needs of detained persons | England only |
| 72 | Securing EHC plans for certain detained persons | England only |
| 73 | EHC plans for certain detained persons: appeals and mediation | England only |
| 74 | Duty to keep EHC plans for detained persons | England only |
| 75 | Supply of goods and services: detained persons | England only |
| Information to improve well-being of children and young people with SEN |
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| 76 | Provision and publication of special needs information | England only |
| Code of practice |
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| 77 | Code of practice | England only |
| 78 | Making and approval of code | England only |
| 79 | Review of resolution of disagreements | England only |
| Supplementary |
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| 80 | Parents and young people lacking capacity | England only |
| 81 | Disapplication of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of EA 1996 in relation to children in England | England only |
| 82 | Consequential amendments | England only |
| 83 | Interpretation of Part 3 | England only |
| PART 4 |
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| CHILDCARE ETC |
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| 84 | Childminder agencies | England only |
| 85 | Inspections at request of providers of childcare to young children | England only |
| 86 | Repeal of local authority’s duty to assess sufficiency of childcare provision | England only |
| 87 | Discharge of authority’s duty to secure free early years provision | England only |
| 88 | Governing bodies: provision of community facilities | England only |
| 89 | Childcare costs scheme: preparatory expenditure | England only |
| PART 5 |
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| WELFARE OF CHILDREN |
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| 90 | Extension of licensing of child performances to children under 14 | England and Wales only |
| 91 | Purchase of tobacco etc. on behalf of persons under 18 | England and Wales only |
| 92 | Prohibition of sale of nicotine products to persons under 18 | England and Wales only |
| 93 | Amendments consequential on section 92 | England and Wales only |
| 94 | Regulation of retail packaging etc of tobacco products | UK-wide |
| 95 | Protection of children’s health: offence of smoking in a private vehicle | England and Wales only |
| 96 | Young carers | England only |
| 97 | Parent carers | England only |
| 98 | Arrangement for living with former foster parents after reaching adulthood | England only |
| 99 | Promotion of educational achievement of children looked after by local authorities | England only |
| 100 | Duty to support pupils with medical conditions | England only |
| 101 | Local authority functions relating to children etc: intervention | England and Wales only |
| 102 | Application of suspension etc powers to establishments and agencies in England | England only |
| 103 | Objectives and standards for establishments and agencies in England | England only |
| 104 | National minimum standards for establishments and agencies in England | England only |
| 105 | Disqualification from carrying on, or being employed in, a children’s home | England only |
| 106 | Provision of free school lunches | England only |
| PART 6 |
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| THE CHILDREN’S COMMISSIONER |
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| 107 | Primary function of the Children’s Commissioner | England primarily. Applies to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where the Children’s Commissioner’s role in promoting and protecting the rights of children is in relation to non-devolved matters. |
| 108 | Provision by Commissioner of advice and assistance to certain children | England primarily. Applies to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where the Children’s Commissioner’s role in promoting and protecting the rights of children is in relation to non-devolved matters. |
| 109 | Commissioner’s powers to enter premises | England primarily. Applies to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where the Children’s Commissioner’s role in promoting and protecting the rights of children is in relation to non-devolved matters. |
| 110 | Provision of information to Commissioner | England primarily. Applies to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where the Children’s Commissioner’s role in promoting and protecting the rights of children is in relation to non-devolved matters. |
| 111 | Advisory board | England primarily. Applies to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where the Children’s Commissioner’s role in promoting and protecting the rights of children is in relation to non-devolved matters. |
| 112 | Business plans | England primarily. Applies to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where the Children’s Commissioner’s role in promoting and protecting the rights of children is in relation to non-devolved matters. |
| 113 | Annual reports | England primarily. Applies to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where the Children’s Commissioner’s role in promoting and protecting the rights of children is in relation to non-devolved matters. |
| 114 | Children living away from home or receiving social care | England primarily. Applies to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where the Children’s Commissioner’s role in promoting and protecting the rights of children is in relation to non-devolved matters. |
| 115 | Children’s Commissioner: minor and consequential amendments | England primarily. Applies to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where the Children’s Commissioner’s role in promoting and protecting the rights of children is in relation to non-devolved matters. |
| 116 | Repeal of requirement to appoint Children’s Rights Director | England primarily. Applies to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland where the Children’s Commissioner’s role in promoting and protecting the rights of children is in relation to non-devolved matters. |
| PART 7 |
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| STATUTORY RIGHTS TO LEAVE AND PAY |
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| Shared parental leave |
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| 117 | Shared parental leave | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 118 | Exclusion or curtailment of other statutory rights to leave | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| Statutory shared parental pay |
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| 119 | Statutory shared parental pay | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 120 | Exclusion or curtailment of other statutory rights to pay | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| Other statutory rights |
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| 121 | Statutory rights to leave and pay of prospective adopters with whom looked after children are placed | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 122 | Statutory rights to leave and pay of applicants for parental orders | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 123 | Statutory paternity pay: notice requirement and period of payment | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 124 | Rate of statutory adoption pay | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 125 | Abolition of additional paternity leave and additional statutory paternity pay | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| Further amendments |
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| 126 | Further amendments | In part England, Wales and Scotland; in part Northern Ireland |
| PART 8 |
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| TIME OFF WORK: ANTE-NATAL CARE ETC |
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| 127 | Time off work to accompany to ante-natal appointments | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 128 | Time off work to attend adoption appointments | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 129 | Right not to be subjected to detriment: agency workers | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 130 | Time off work for ante-natal care: increased amount of award | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| PART 9 |
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| RIGHT TO REQUEST FLEXIBLE WORKING |
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| 131 | Removal of requirement to be a carer | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 132 | Dealing with applications | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 133 | Complaints to employment tribunals | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| 134 | Review of sections 131 to 133 | England, Wales and Scotland only |
| PART 10 |
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| GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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| 135 | Orders and regulations | UK-Wide |
| 136 | Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations | UK-Wide |
| 137 | Transitional, transitory or saving provision | UK-Wide |
| 138 | Financial provision | UK-Wide |
| 139 | Commencement | UK-Wide |
| 140 | Short title and extent | UK-Wide |
