Sch 2 para 19B
(1) A local authority shall have the following additional functions in relation to an eligible child whom they are looking after. (2) In sub-paragraph (1) “ eligible child ” means, subject to sub-paragraph (3), a child who— (a) is aged sixteen or seventeen; and (b) has been looked after by a local authority or by a local authority in Wales for a prescribed period, or periods amounting in all to a prescribed period, which began after he reached a prescribed age and ended after he reached the age of sixteen. (3) The Secretary of State may prescribe— (a) additional categories of eligible children; and (b) categories of children who are not to be eligible children despite falling within sub-paragraph (2). (4) For each eligible child, the local authority shall carry out an assessment of his needs with a view to determining what advice, assistance and support it would be appropriate for them to provide him under this Act— (a) while they are still looking after him; and (b) after they cease to look after him, and shall then prepare a pathway plan for him. (5) The local authority shall keep the pathway plan under regular review. (6) Any such review may be carried out at the same time as a review of the child’s case carried out by virtue of section 26. (7) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to assessments for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4). (8) The regulations may in particular provide for the matters set out in section 23B(6).