The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No.4) (England) Order 2011

Made: 10th November 2011

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(2) and 44(4) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008[^f00001]:

Citation

1

This Order may be cited as the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 4) (England) Order 2011.

Appointed day

2

14th November 2011 is the appointed day for the coming into force of section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (power to enter into arrangements for discharge of care functions) in relation to the following local authorities—

• (a) Barnet London Borough Council,

• (b) Redbridge London Borough Council,

• (c) Shropshire Council, and

• (d) Sunderland City Council.

Signed

Tim Loughton — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Education — 10th November 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order is the fourth Commencement Order made by the Secretary of State under the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (“the Act”) which brings provisions of the Act into force only in relation to England.

Article 2 brings section 1 of the Act into force on 14th November 2011 in relation to four specified local authorities. Section 1 provides that a local authority may enter into arrangements with a provider of social work services for the discharge by that provider of some or all of the relevant care functions of that authority. Section 1 was commenced in relation to six other local authorities on 16th February 2009 and in relation to a further ten local authorities on 16th December 2010.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c.23.