PART 6LOOKED AFTER AND ACCOMMODATED CHILDREN

Children accommodated in certain establishments

123Services for children notified to a local authority under section 120 or 121

1

A local authority must provide such services as it considers appropriate for children in respect of whom it receives notification under section 120 or 121.

2

The services provided under this section must be provided with a view to promoting contact between each child in respect of whom the local authority receives notification and the child’s family.

3

The services may include anything the authority may provide or arrange under Part 4.

4

Nothing in this section affects the duty imposed by section 39.