PART 1CHILD POVERTY, PLAY AND PARTICIPATION
CHAPTER 1ERADICATING CHILD POVERTY
Services to tackle child poverty
10Regulations about services to tackle child poverty
(1)
Regulations may—
(a)
require a local authority to secure the provision of parental support services of a prescribed description free of charge for prescribed parents of children in its area;
(b)
require a local authority to secure the provision of health support services of a prescribed description free of charge for prescribed children or prescribed parents of children in its area;
(c)
provide that the duty in section 7(1) is to apply only in one or more parts of a local authority area;
(d)
provide that a requirement in regulations under paragraph (a) or (b) is to apply only in one or more parts of a local authority area.
(2)
Regulations under paragraph (c) or (d) of subsection (1) may (among other things)—
(a)
specify one or more areas within a local authority area;
(b)
provide for the specification of one or more areas by a local authority.