299. In section 76 (accommodation for children without parents or who are lost or abandoned etc) after subsection (2) insert—E+W
“(2A) Where a local authority in England provides accommodation under section 20(1) of the Children Act 1989 (provision of accommodation for children: general) for a child who is ordinarily resident in the area of a local authority in Wales, that local authority in Wales may take over the provision of accommodation for the child within—
(a)three months of being notified in writing that the child is being provided with accommodation, or
(b)such other longer period as may be specified.”
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 299 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 2(1)