Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011

1 Duty to have due regard to Convention on the Rights of the Child

(1) From the beginning of May 2014, the Welsh Ministers must, when exercising any of their functions, have due regard to the requirements of—

(a) Part I of the Convention,

(b) articles 1 to 7 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict, except article 6(2), and

(c) articles 1 to 10 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

(2) From the beginning of May 2012 until the end of April 2014, the Welsh Ministers must, in making any decision which falls within subsection (3), have due regard to the requirements of Part I of the Convention and the Protocols.

(3) A decision falls within this subsection if it is a decision about any of the following—

(a) provision proposed to be included in an enactment;

(b) formulation of a new policy;

(c) a review of or change to an existing policy.

(4) References in this Measure to the Welsh Ministers' duty under this section are—

(a) from the beginning of May 2012 until the end of April 2014, to the duty in subsection (2); and

(b) from the beginning of May 2014, to the duty in subsection (1).

(5) This section applies to the First Minister as to the Welsh Ministers (and any reference in this Measure to the duty under this section is to be read accordingly).