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Welsh Statutory Instruments

2009 No. 1921 (W.175) (C.91)

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, WALES

The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2009

Made

16 July 2009

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 40 and 44(3) and (5) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008(1), make the following Order:

Title, interpretation and application

1.—(1) The title of this order is the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 2) (Wales) Order 2009.

(2) In this Order “the Act” (“y deddf”) means the Children and Young Persons Act 2008.

(3) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

Appointed day

2.  1 September 2009 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—

(a)section 36 (entitlement of relative to apply for a residence order);

(b)section 37 (duration of residence orders);

(c)section 38 (entitlement of relative to apply for a special guardianship order); and

(d)section 42 and Schedule 4 (repeals) in so far as they relate to the repeal of section 12(5) and (6) and the repeal in part of section 91(10), of the Children Act 1989(2).

Gwenda Thomas

Deputy Minister for Social Services, under authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers

16 July 2009

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order brings into force on 1 September 2009 sections 36, 37, 38 and 42 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Children and Young Persons Act 2008, to the extent specified in the Order. The reference in Article 2(d) of the Order to the repeal in part of section 91(10) of the Children Act 1989, is a reference to the omission of the words “or 12(5)” from that section.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders

(This note is not part of the Order)

The following provisions of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 have been brought into force in relation to Wales by Commencement Order made before the date of this Order.

ProvisionDate of CommencementS.I. No.
Section 306 April 20092009/728 (W.64) (C.47)
Section 311 April 20092009/268 (C.11)
Section 321 April 20092009/268 (C.11)
Section 356 April 20092009/728 (W.64) (C.47)
Section 42 and Schedule 4 in so far as they relate to the repeal of section 45(9) of the Children Act 19896 April 20092009/728 (W.64) (C.47)

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