The Children Act 2004 (Commencement No. 10) (Wales) Order 2025

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 304 (W. 60) (C. 9)

Children And Young Persons, Wales

The Children Act 2004 (Commencement No. 10) (Wales) Order 2025

Made

7 March 2025

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the National Assembly for Wales by section 67(3) of the Children Act 2004(1), and now vested in them(2), make the following Order.

Title

1.  The title of this Order is the Children Act 2004 (Commencement No. 10) (Wales) Order 2025.

Provisions coming into force on 10 March 2025

2.  Section 29 of the Children Act 2004(3) (information databases: Wales) comes into force on 10 March 2025.

Lynne Neagle

Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers

7 March 2025

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made by the Welsh Ministers, brings into force on 10 March 2025 section 29 of the Children Act 2004 (information databases: Wales). Section 29 provides for the establishment and operation of databases for the purpose of arrangements under section 25 or 28 of the Children Act 2004 or under section 175 of the Education Act 2002.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Children Act 2004 have been brought into force by Commencement Orders made before the date of this Order.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 25	1 September 2006	2006/870 (W. 80) (C. 20)
Section 26	31 March 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 27	1 September 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 28(1)(a) to (c) and (i), (2) partially, (3) and (4)	1st April 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 28(1)(d) to (h), (2) partially and (5)	9 September 2013	2013/2247 (C. 93)
Section 30	1 October 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 31	1 October 2006	2006/870 (W. 80) (C. 20)
Sections 32 to 34	1 October 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Sections 35 to 41	1 April 2005	2005/700 (W. 59) (C. 30)
Sections 42 and 43	16 March 2005	2005/700 (W. 59) (C. 30)
Section 44	1 April 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 48	1 April 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 50	1 October 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 51	31 July 2008	2008/1904 (W. 182) (C. 85)
Section 52	1 October 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 53	1 April 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 54	1 April 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 55	1 April 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 56	1 October 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 57	30 December 2005	2005/3363 (W. 260) (C. 143)
Section 60	1 March 2005	2005/394 (C. 18)
Section 61	1 April 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Section 62	12 April 2005	2005/847 (C. 35)
Schedule 3	1 April 2005	2005/700 (W. 59) (C. 30)
Schedule 4, paragraph 1 partially, paragraphs 2 to 4 and 6 to 9	1 April 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Schedule 5, Part 1 partially	1 April 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Schedule 5, Part 1 partially	1 September 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Schedule 5, Part 1 fully	31 July 2008	2008/1904 (W. 182) (C. 85)
Schedule 5, Part 2	1 April 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)
Schedule 5, Part 3	31 July 2008	2008/1904 (W. 182) (C. 85)
Schedule 5, Part 4	1 April 2006	2006/885 (W. 85) (C. 23)

(1)

2004 c. 31.

(2)

The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.

(3)

Section 29(7)(b) was substituted by paragraph 17(3) of Schedule 4 to the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (asc 1) (not yet in force); section 29(14)(e) was amended by paragraph 106(2) of Schedule 19 to the Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12); section 29(15) was inserted by paragraph 106(3) of Schedule 19 to the Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12).