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Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010
2010 nawm 1
A Measure of the National Assembly for Wales to make provision about contributing to the eradication of child poverty; to provide a duty for local authorities to secure sufficient play opportunities for children; to make provision about arrangements for participation of children in local authority decisions that might affect them; to make provision about child minding and day care for children; to make provision establishing integrated family support teams and boards; to make provision about improving standards in social work for children and persons who care for them; to make provision about assessing the needs of children where their parents need community care services or have health conditions that affect the needs of the children; and for connected purposes.
This Measure, passed by the National Assembly for Wales on 10 November 2009 and approved by Her Majesty in Council on 10 February 2010, enacts the following provisions:—
PART 1 WCHILD POVERTY, PLAY AND PARTICIPATION
CHAPTER 1WERADICATING CHILD POVERTY
Broad aimsW
1Broad aims for contributing to the eradication of child povertyW
StrategiesW
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3Strategies prepared by the Welsh MinistersW
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Welsh authoritiesW
6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prospective
Services to tackle child povertyW
7Local authority duty to secure the availability of free childcareW
8Parental support services: powers of a local authorityW
9Health support services: powers of a local authorityW
10Regulations about services to tackle child povertyW
CHAPTER 2WPLAY AND PARTICIPATION
Play opportunitiesW
11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ParticipationW
12Participation of children in local authority decision makingW
CHAPTER 3WINSPECTION, GUIDANCE AND DIRECTIONS
Prospective
InspectionW
13InspectionW
14Powers of entryW
15Powers of inspectionW
16Power to require informationW
Guidance and directionsW
17GuidanceW
18DirectionsW
PART 2 WCHILD MINDING AND DAY CARE FOR CHILDREN
Main termsW
19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Registration of child mindingW
20Register of child mindersW
21Duty of child minders to registerW
Registration of day care for childrenW
22Register of providers of day care for childrenW
23Duty of day care providers to registerW
Process and requirements of registrationW
24Applications for registration: child mindingW
25Prescribed requirements for registration as a child minderW
26Applications for registration: day care for childrenW
27Prescribed requirements for registration of providers of day care for childrenW
28Entry on the register and certificatesW
29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30Regulations governing activitiesW
Cancellation and suspension of registrationW
31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32Suspension of registrationW
33Voluntary removal from the registerW
Emergency protectionW
34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35Protection of children in an emergency: changes to conditionsW
Procedural safeguardsW
36Procedure for taking certain stepsW
37AppealsW
Disqualification from registrationW
38Disqualification from registrationW
39Consequences of disqualificationW
InspectionW
40InspectionW
41Powers of entryW
42Powers of inspectionW
43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
InformationW
44Supply of information to the Welsh MinistersW
45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Offences, criminal proceedings and fixed penaltiesW
46Offence of making false or misleading statementW
47Penalty noticesW
48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49Time limit for proceedingsW
50Offences by bodies corporateW
51Unincorporated associationsW
MiscellaneousW
52Functions of local authoritiesW
53FeesW
54Co-operation between authoritiesW
55NoticesW
56Death of registered personW
PART 3 WINTEGRATED FAMILY SUPPORT TEAMS
TeamsW
57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BoardsW
61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
RegulationsW
63. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ReportsW
64. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GuidanceW
65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART 4 WMISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
Prospective
Children's needs arising from community care and health needs of their parentsW
67Children's needs arising from community care needs of their parentsW
68Children's needs arising from the health conditions of their parentsW
Prospective
Social services functionsW
F369Social services functionsW
Textual Amendments
F3S. 69 omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (No. 413), regs. 2(1), 277
GeneralW
70GuidanceW
72Minor and consequential amendmentsW
73RepealsW
74Orders and regulationsW
75CommencementW
76Short titleW
(introduced by section 72)
SCHEDULE 1WMINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)W
1WAmend the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 as follows.
2WIn section 65 (meaning of family proceedings), in subsection (1) after paragraph (nza) insert—
“(nzb)sections 34 and 43 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010;”.
Senior Courts Act 1981 (c. 54)W
3WAmend the Senior Courts Act 1981 as follows.
4WIn Schedule 1 (distribution of business in High Court) after paragraph 3(ea) insert—
“(eb)proceedings under section 43 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010;”.
Children Act 1989 (c. 41)W
5WAmend the Children Act 1989 as follows.
6WIn Section 80 (inspection of children's homes etc by persons authorised by the Welsh Ministers)—
(a)in subsection (1) omit paragraph (i);
(b)in subsection (5) omit paragraphs (h) and (hh).
7WIn section 105 (interpretation)—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i)in the definition of “day care” omit “(except in Part XA)”;
(ii)in the definition of “hospital” omit “(except in Schedule 9A)”;
(b)omit subsection (5A).
Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)W
8WAmend the Water Industry Act 1991 as follows.
9WIn Schedule 4A (premises that are not to be disconnected for non-payment of charges) in paragraph 12(2) for “Part 10A of the Children Act 1989” substitute “ Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 ”.
Protection of Children Act 1999 (c. 14)W
10WAmend the Protection of Children Act 1999 as follows.
11WIn section 2A (power of certain authorities to refer individuals for inclusion in list of persons considered unsuitable to work with children), in subsection (1)(a) for “Part 10A of the Children Act 1989” substitute “ Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 ”.
12WIn section 9 (the Tribunal), in subsection (2)—
(a)in paragraph (c) omit “or under, or by virtue of, Part XA of that Act”;
(b)in paragraph (f), omit “or”;
(c)at the end of paragraph (g) insert “ ; or ”;
(d)after paragraph (g) insert—
“(h)on an appeal under, or by virtue of, Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010”.
Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14)W
13WAmend the Care Standards Act 2000 as follows.
14WIn section 55(3)(e)—
(a)for “Assembly” in both places where it appears substitute “ Welsh Assembly Government ”;
(b)for “section 79T of that Act” substitute “ section 40 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 ”.
Children Act 2004 (c. 31)W
15WAmend the Children Act 2004 as follows.
16WIn section 29 (information databases: Wales) in subsection (8)(a) for “Part 10A of the Children Act 1989 (c. 41)” substitute “ Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 ”.
Education Act 2005 (c .18)W
17WAmend the Education Act 2005 as follows.
18WIn section 59 (combined reports), for subsection (1)(b) substitute the following—
“(b)Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (child minding and day care for children),”.
Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40)W
19WAmend section 162 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (as amended by the Education (Wales) Measure 2009) as follows.
20WIn subsection (5A)—
(a)after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)make such provision as appears to them to be appropriate for the purpose of—
(i)repealing any reference in a Measure of the National Assembly for Wales to a children's services authority (however expressed), and
(ii)replacing it, where it appears to them to be appropriate, with a reference (however expressed) to a Welsh local authority;”;
(b)in paragraph (b), after “paragraph (a)” insert “ or paragraph (aa) ”.
Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21)W
21WAmend the Childcare Act 2006 as follows.
22WIn section 30 (interpretation of Part 2) in the definition of “childcare”, for “Part 10A of the Children Act 1989 (c 41)” substitute “ Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 ”.
23WIn section 75 (disqualification from registration), in subsection (3)(f) after “Part 10A of the Children Act 1989 (c 41)” insert “ or under Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 ”.
24WIn section 101 (provision of information about children: Wales)—
(a)in subsection (1)(a) for “Part 10A of the Children Act 1989 (c 41)” substitute “ Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 ”;
(b)in subsection (9), in the definition of “child minding” and “day care” for “Part 10A of the Children Act 1989” substitute “ Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 ”.
National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42)W
25WAmend the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 as follows.
26WIn Schedule 1, paragraph 7A (weighing and measuring of children)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (3) for “Part 10A of the Children Act 1989” substitute “ Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 ”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (4) for “Part 10A of the Children Act 1989” substitute “ Part 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 ”.
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47)W
27WAmend the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as follows.
28WIn Schedule 4—
(a)in paragraph 1(6)(a) for “section 79D of the Children Act 1989 (c 41)” substitute “ section 21 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 ”;
(b)in paragraph 1(6)(b), after “eight” insert “ (or such other age as may be substituted by order under section 19(4)(a) of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010) ”;
(c)in paragraph 3(2)(c), for “(within the meaning of section 79A of the Children Act 1989 (c 41))” substitute “ (within the meaning of section 19 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010) ”.
(introduced by section 73)
SCHEDULE 2WREPEALS
Short title and chapter | Extent of repeal |
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Children Act 1989 (c. 41) |
In section 80(1), paragraph (i). In section 80(5), paragraphs (h) and (hh). In section 105, subsection (5A). Part XA. Schedule 9A. |
Education Act 2002 (c. 32) | Section 176. |
Education Act 2005 (c. 18) | In Schedule 7, paragraphs 5 and 6. |
Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21) | In Schedule 2, paragraphs 5 to 18. |
Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40) | Section 167. |
Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25) | Section 158. |