Children and Social Work Act 2017

Part 2 Amendments relating to abolition of Local Safeguarding Children Boards

7 In Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (social services functions of local authorities), in the entry relating to the Children Act 2004—

(a) for “13 to 16” substitute “16A to 16Q”;

(b) omit “targets for”;

(c) omit “, and to Local Safeguarding Children Boards”.

8 (1) Section 83 of the Children Act 1989 (research and returns of information) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), in paragraph (aa), for “of Local Safeguarding Children Boards;” substitute “of—

(i) the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel;

(ii) safeguarding partners (within the meaning given by section 16E(3) of the Children Act 2004) in relation to local authority areas in England;

(iii) child death review partners (within the meaning given by section 16Q(2) of the Children Act 2004) in relation to local authority areas in England;”.

(3) In subsection (2) omit paragraph (aa).

(4) In subsection (3) omit paragraph (c) (and the “and” before it).

9 (1) Section 31 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (supply of information concerning deaths of children) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsections (2) and (4), for “appropriate Board” substitute “appropriate authority”.

(3) In subsection (5), for “Subsection (6) applies” substitute “Subsections (5A) and (6) apply”.

(4) After subsection (5) insert—

“(5A) Where the registrar’s sub-district is in England, the registrar must, before the end of the required period, secure that the appropriate authority is notified—

(a) of the issuing of the certificate; and

(b) of the registrar’s belief and the grounds for it.”

(5) In subsection (6)—

(a) at the beginning insert “Where the registrar’s sub-district is in Wales,”;

(b) omit “Local Safeguarding Children Board in England or”.

(6) In subsection (7)(c), for “subsection” substitute “subsections (5A) and”.

(7) After subsection (8) insert—

“(8A) The child death review partners for each local authority area in England must—

(a) make arrangements for the receipt by them of notifications under this section; and

(b) publish those arrangements.”

(8) In subsection (9) omit “Each Local Safeguarding Children Board in England and”.

(9) Subsection (10) is amended as follows.

(10) In the definition of “the appropriate Board”—

(a) for “Board” substitute “authority”;

(b) in paragraph (a), for “the Local Safeguarding Children Board in England in whose area” substitute “in relation to a register kept for a sub-district in England, the child death review partners for the local authority area within which”;

(c) in paragraph (b), at the beginning insert “in relation to a register kept for a sub-district in Wales,”.

(11) At the appropriate place insert—

• ““child death review partners” has the meaning given by section 16Q(2) of the Children Act 2004;”.

(12) Omit the definition of “Local Safeguarding Children Board in England”.