PART 1CHILD POVERTY, PLAY AND PARTICIPATION

CHAPTER 1ERADICATING CHILD POVERTY

Strategies

5Strategies prepared by other Welsh authorities

1

In this section a reference to a “Welsh authority” does not include—

a

the Welsh Ministers;

b

a local authority.

2

Subsection (3) applies to the strategy of a Welsh authority under section 2.

3

Regulations may make provision as to—

a

the period to which a strategy is to relate;

b

when and how a strategy must be published;

c

keeping a strategy under review;

d

consultation to be carried out before a strategy is published.

4

Subsection (5) applies to a Welsh authority if both of the following paragraphs apply—

a

the Welsh authority exercises functions in relation to one or more local authority areas;

b

the Welsh authority has entered into an arrangement under section 25 of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) with each of those local authorities.

5

The duty of a Welsh authority under section 2(1) to publish a strategy is discharged if the strategy is an integral part of a plan published under section 26 of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) by each local authority with which it has entered into an arrangement under section 25 of that Act.