Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is made by the National Assembly for Wales, under the Children Act 2004(1) (“the Act”) and applies to Wales.
The Order brings into force on 31 March 2006, section 26 of the Act. Sections 28(1)(a) to (c) and (i), (2) (so far as relating to the persons and bodies referred to in subsection (1)(a) to (c) and (i)), (3) and (4), 44, 48, 53, 54, 55 and 61, Schedule 4 (save for paragraph (5) of that Schedule) and parts 1 (in so far as it relates to section 5 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002(2)), 2 and 4 of Schedule 5 come into force on 1 April 2006. Section 27 and part 1 (in so far as not already in force, and except in relation to paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989 (3)) of Schedule 5 come into force on 1 September 2006. Sections 30, 32, 33, 34, 50, 52 and 56 come into force on 1 October 2006.