Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3) (England) Order 2010.

Appointed day

2.  15th November 2010 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 in relation to England—

(a)section 8(2) and Schedule 1 in so far as they relate to paragraph 2(4) to (7) of that Schedule, and

(b)section 15 (duty of local authority to ensure visits to looked after children and others) in so far as it inserts section 23ZA(1)(b) into the 1989 Act(2) for the purpose only of enabling regulations to be made.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the third 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 into force on 15th November 2010: section 8(2) and Schedule 1 in so far as they insert section 59(3A) and (5A) into the Children Act 1989 and make consequential amendments to that section; and section 15 in so far as it inserts section 23ZA(1)(b) into the Children Act 1989 for the purpose only of making regulations.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force in relation to England by commencement order made before the date of this Order: