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Children Act 2004

Section 26: Children and young people's plans: Wales

138.This section creates a power for the Assembly, by regulations, to require children's services authorities in Wales to prepare and publish a single plan or a framework of plans for services to children and young people. This is intended to provide for greater coherence as to the precise obligation of children’s services authorities and their partners and to give a statutory basis to the Children and Young People’s Framework Partnerships and Children’s Partnerships that are already in existence. It will rationalise their relationship with the Young People’s Partnerships that already have a statutory basis under section 123 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000.

139.Subsections (2) and (3) set out the particular provisions which regulations under this section may make.

140.Subsection (4) provides for regulations to require the Assembly's approval of a children’s services authority’s plan and for the Assembly's modification of such before publication.

141.Subsection (5) requires a children’s services authority to have regard to Assembly guidance in discharging its planning functions.

142.Subsection (6) provides a definition of 'relevant young persons'.

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