“An Act to make provision for the establishment of a Children’s Commissioner; to make provision about services provided to and for children and young people by local authorities and other persons; to make provision in relation to Wales about advisory and support services relating to family proceedings; to make provision about private fostering, child minding and day care, adoption review panels, the defence of reasonable punishment, the making of grants as respects children and families, child safety orders, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, the publication of material relating to children involved in certain legal proceedings and the disclosure by the Inland Revenue of information relating to children.” – Publisher’s description Contents Part 1 Children’s Commissioner 1. Establishment 2. General function 3. Inquiries initiated by Commissioner 4. Other inquiries held by Commissioner 5. Functions of Commissioner in Wales 6. Functions of Commissioner in Scotland 7. Functions of Commissioner in Northern Ireland 8. Annual reports 9. Care leavers and young persons with learning disabilities Part 2 Children’s services in England General 10. Co-operation to improve well-being 11. Arrangements to safeguard and promote welfare 12. Information databases Local Safeguarding Children Boards 13. Establishment of LSCBs 14. Functions and procedure of LSCBs 15. Funding of LSCBs 16. LSCBs: supplementary Local authority administration 17. Children and young people’s plans 18. Director of children’s services 19. Lead member for children’s services Inspections of children’s services 20. Joint area reviews 21. Framework 22. Co-operation and delegation 23. Sections 20 to 22: interpretation 24. Performance rating of social services Part 3 Children’s services in Wales General 25. Co-operation to improve well-being: Wales 26. Children and young people’s plans: Wales 27. Responsibility for functions under sections 25 and 26 28. Arrangements to safeguard and promote welfare: Wales 29. Information databases: Wales 30. Inspection of functions under this Part Local Safeguarding Children Boards 31. Establishment of LSCBs in Wales 32. Functions and procedure of LSCBs in Wales 33. Funding of LSCBs in Wales 34. LSCBs in Wales: supplementary Part 4 Advisory and support services for family proceedings CAFCASS functions in Wales 35. Functions of the Assembly relating to family proceedings 36. Ancillary powers of the Assembly 37. Welsh family proceedings officers 38. Inspections 39. Protection of children 40. Advisory and support services for family proceedings: supplementary 41. Sharing of information Transfers 42. Transfer of property from CAFCASS to Assembly 43. Transfer of staff from CAFCASS to Assembly Part 5 Miscellaneous Private fostering 44. Amendments to notification scheme 45. Power to establish registration scheme in England 46. Power to establish registration scheme in Wales 47. Expiry of powers in sections 45 and 46 Child minding and day care 48. Child minding and day care Local authority services 49. Payments to foster parents 50. Intervention 51. Inspection of local education authorities 52. Duty of local authorities to promote educational achievement 53. Ascertaining children’s wishes 54. Information about individual children 55. Social services committees 56. Social services functions Other provisions 57. Fees payable to adoption review panel members 58. Reasonable punishment 59. Power to give financial assistance 60. Child safety orders 61. Children’s Commissioner for Wales: powers of entry 62. Publication of material relating to legal proceedings 63. Disclosure of information by Inland Revenue Part 6 General 64. Repeals 65. Interpretation 66. Regulations and orders 67. Commencement 68. Extent 69. Short title Schedule 1 Children’s Commissioner Schedule 2 Director of children’s services: consequential amendments Schedule 3 Advisory and support services for family proceedings Schedule 4 Child minding and day care Schedule 5 Repeals Part 1 Plans Part 2 Child minding and day care Part 3 Inspection of local education authorities Part 4 Social services committees and departments Part 5 Reasonable punishment Part 6 Child safety orders
