The Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2009

• Citation: S.I. 2009/323
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation

This Order may be cited as the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1) (England) Order 2009.

Section 2 Appointed day

16th February 2009 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 1 (power to enter into arrangements for discharge of care functions) but only in relation to the local authorities specified in article 3,

(b) sections 2 (restrictions on arrangements under section 1), 3 (effect of arrangements under section 1) and 5 (functions under Part 1 to be social services functions), and

(c) in so far as it is not already in force, section 6 (piloting and expiry of arrangements under Part 1).

Section 3 Pilot local authorities

The local authorities specified for the purpose of article 2(a) are—

(a) Liverpool City Council,

(b) Kent County Council,

(c) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council,

(d) Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council,

(e) Hillingdon London Borough Council, and

(f) Staffordshire County Council.