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Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 918 (C. 76)

Children And Young Persons, England And Wales

Social Work, England

The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2017

Made

13th September 2017

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 70(2) and (3) of the Children and Social Work Act 2017(1).

Citation

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2017.

Provisions coming into force on 31st October 2017

2.  The following provisions of the Children and Social Work Act 2017 come into force on the 31st October 2017—

(a)section 8 (care orders: permanence provisions);

(b)section 9 (adoption: duty to have regard to relationship with adopters);

(c)section 33 (power to secure proper performance); and

(d)section 42 (improvement standards).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Robert Goodwill

Minister of State

Department for Education

13th September 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring specified provisions of the Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c.16) (“the Act”) into force. These Regulations are the first commencement regulations made under the Act. Section 10, Schedule 1 and Part 3 of the Act came into force when the Act was passed.

Regulation 2 commences the following provisions of the Act on 31st October 2017:

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.