UK Act of Parliament 2017 United Kingdom

Children and Social Work Act 2017

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Part 1

Children

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s.034 Education relating to relationships and sex (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Provide relationships and sex education in schoolsEmployer
35 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.032 Use of agency workers for children’s social care work
Part 2

Social workers

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29 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 3

General

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Schedules

Schedules

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111 other schedules
s.sch001 The Children Act 1989 is amended as follows.
s.sch001 In regulation 5 (maximum period in secure accommodation), after paragraph...
s.sch001 In regulation 15 (records to be kept by managers of...
s.sch001 In Article 7 of the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011...
s.sch001 In section 124(9) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales)...
s.sch001 The amendments made by this Schedule to provisions of subordinate...
s.sch001 (1) Section 25 (use of accommodation in England for restricting...
s.sch001 In paragraph 19(9) of Schedule 2 (restrictions on arrangements for...
s.sch001 The Children (Secure Accommodation) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1505) are amended...
s.sch001 In regulation 1— (a) in the heading, for “and commencement”...
s.sch001 In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “children's home”,...
s.sch001 For regulation 3 substitute— Approval by Secretary of State of...
s.sch001 In regulation 17 (records), in the words before paragraph (a),...
s.sch001 The Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. 2013 No. 205)...
s.sch002 In Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act...
s.sch002 In paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Children Act...
s.sch002 In section 135(1)(e) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006...
s.sch002 In section 30 of the Children and Families Act 2014...
s.sch002 In paragraph 1(1)(g) of Schedule 3 to the Nationality, Immigration...
s.sch002 In section 83A(5)(a) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning...
s.sch002 In Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act...
s.sch002 (1) Section 83 of the Children Act 1989 (research and...
s.sch002 (1) Section 31 of the Children and Young Persons Act...
s.sch003 (1) The regulator is not to be regarded—
s.sch003 (1) The regulator's staff may be appointed on such terms,...
s.sch003 The regulator may determine its own procedure (including quorum).
s.sch003 No proceeding is invalidated by— (a) a vacancy in the...
s.sch003 (1) The regulator may delegate functions to a committee, sub-committee,...
s.sch003 (1) The regulator may delegate functions to any other person...
s.sch003 (1) A function may be delegated under paragraph 13 or...
s.sch003 (1) A committee or sub-committee of the regulator may include...
s.sch003 As soon as possible after the end of each financial...
s.sch003 (1) The regulator must keep proper accounts and proper records...
s.sch003 The Secretary of State must, in respect of each financial...
s.sch003 The regulator is to consist of— (a) a chair appointed...
s.sch003 In paragraphs 17 to 19 “financial year” means—
s.sch003 The application of the regulator's seal must be authenticated by...
s.sch003 A document purporting to be duly executed under the seal...
s.sch003 In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the House of...
s.sch003 In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of...
s.sch003 A member holds and vacates office in accordance with the...
s.sch003 A member may resign by giving written notice to the...
s.sch003 The Secretary of State may by notice in writing remove...
s.sch003 The regulator may pay to the members such remuneration, allowances...
s.sch003 If required to do so by the Secretary of State,...
s.sch003 (1) The regulator must appoint a person to be chief...
s.sch003 The regulator may appoint other staff.
s.sch004 The National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act...
s.sch004 In section 25H (accreditation of voluntary register: impact assessment), in...
s.sch004 In section 25I (functions of the Authority in relation to...
s.sch004 (1) Section 26A (powers of Secretary of State and devolved...
s.sch004 In section 27 (regulatory bodies and the Authority), in subsection...
s.sch004 In section 28 (complaints), in subsection (1), after “regulatory body”...
s.sch004 (1) Section 29 (reference to disciplinary cases by the Authority...
s.sch004 (1) Section 38 (regulations and orders) is amended as follows....
s.sch004 (1) Section 25 (the Professional Standards Authority for Health and...
s.sch004 (1) Section 25A (funding of the Authority) is amended as...
s.sch004 After section 25A insert— Funding of the Authority by Social...
s.sch004 In section 25C (appointments to regulatory bodies), in subsection (7),...
s.sch004 (1) Section 25D (power of regulatory bodies to establish voluntary...
s.sch004 In section 25E (section 25D: interpretation), omit subsections (10) and...
s.sch004 In section 25F (establishment of voluntary register: impact assessment), in...
s.sch004 In section 25G (power of the Authority to accredit voluntary...
s.sch005 In section 18(e) of the London County Council (General Powers)...
s.sch005 The Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 (SI 2002/254)...
s.sch005 (1) Article 3 is amended as follows.
s.sch005 In article 6(3)(aa), omit “or social work”.
s.sch005 In article 7(4), omit “or social work”.
s.sch005 (1) Article 9 is amended as follows.
s.sch005 (1) Article 10 is amended as follows.
s.sch005 In article 11A, omit paragraph (11).
s.sch005 (1) Article 12 is amended as follows.
s.sch005 (1) Article 13 is amended as follows.
s.sch005 For the heading of article 13A substitute “ Visiting health...
s.sch005 In section 58 of the Medicines Act 1968, omit subsection...
s.sch005 Omit article 13B.
s.sch005 In article 19(2A)(b), omit “or social work”.
s.sch005 In article 20, omit the words from “; but the...
s.sch005 (1) Article 37 is amended as follows.
s.sch005 (1) Article 38 is amended as follows.
s.sch005 In article 39, omit paragraph (1A).
s.sch005 In Schedule 1, in paragraph 1A(1)(b), omit paragraph (ia) (but...
s.sch005 (1) In Schedule 3, paragraph 1 is amended as follows....
s.sch005 (1) In section 10 of the Adoption and Children Act...
s.sch005 In section 343(2) of the Income Tax (Earning and Pensions)...
s.sch005 In section 3 of the Video Recordings Act 1984, omit...
s.sch005 In section 126 of the National Health Service Act 2006,...
s.sch005 In section 80 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act...
s.sch005 In section 257(3) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, for...
s.sch005 The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 is amended as follows....
s.sch005 In section 41(7), in the table, after entry 10 insert—...
s.sch005 In Schedule 3, in paragraph 16(4), after paragraph (l) insert—...
s.sch005 In section 30A(6) of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland)...
s.sch005 (1) In section 2 of the Children and Young Persons...
s.sch005 In the Health and Social Care Act 2012 omit sections...
s.sch005 The Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016...
s.sch005 In section 4 of the London Local Authorities Act 1991,...
s.sch005 In section 111(4)(b)— (a) in the Welsh text, for “Cyngor...
s.sch005 In section 117(4)(a)— (a) in the Welsh text, after “Gofal”...
s.sch005 In section 119(4)(a)(ii)— (a) in the Welsh text, for “y...
s.sch005 In section 125(5)(a)(ii)— (a) in the Welsh text, for “y...
s.sch005 In section 174(5)(a)(ii)— (a) in the Welsh text, for “Cyngor...
s.sch005 For the title to the Health and Social Work Professions...
s.sch005 In article 1(1) of that Order (citation), for “the Health...
s.sch005 In the following provisions, for “the Health and Social Work...
s.sch005 In the definition of “registered psychologist” in each of the...
s.sch005 In Part 2 of Schedule 9 to the Value Added...
s.sch005 In section 69(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998, in...
s.sch005 The Care Standards Act 2000 is amended as follows.
s.sch005 (1) Section 55 is amended as follows.
s.sch005 (1) Section 67 is amended as follows.

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