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| | (3) | In section 74(1) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006, which (when brought |
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| | into force) will substitute a new section 85 in the Education Act 2002, in |
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| | subsection (4) of that substituted section (foundation subjects for the fourth key |
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| | stage), at the end there is inserted “, and |
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| | (d) | personal, social and health education.” |
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| | (4) | Before section 86 of the Education Act 2002 there is inserted— |
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| | “85B | Personal, social and health education |
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| | (1) | For the purposes of this Part, personal, social and health education |
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| | (“PSHE”) shall include sex and relationship education, including |
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| | information about same-sex relationships, sexual violence, domestic |
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| | violence and sexual consent. |
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| | (2) | The National Curriculum for England is not required to specify |
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| | attainment targets or assessment arrangements for PSHE (and section |
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| | 84(1) has effect accordingly). |
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| | (3) | The Secretary of State for Education shall set out guidance to schools and |
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| | colleges to ensure that a coherent approach to personal, social, health and |
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| | economic education is developed, including between primary and |
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| | (4) | It is the duty of the governing body and head teacher of any school in |
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| | which PSHE is provided in pursuance of this Part to secure that guidance |
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| | issued under subsection (3) is followed and that— |
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| | (a) | information presented in the course of providing PSHE should |
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| | be accurate and balanced; |
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| | (b) | PSHE is taught in a way that is appropriate to the ages of the |
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| | pupils concerned and to their religious and cultural backgrounds, |
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| | and reflects a reasonable range of religious, cultural and other |
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| | (c) | PSHE is taught in a way that endeavours to promote equality, |
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| | celebrate diversity, and emphasise the importance of both rights |
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| | (5) | In the exercise of their functions under this Part so far as relating to |
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| | PSHE, a local authority, governing body or head teacher shall have |
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| | regard to any guidance issued from time to time by the Secretary of State. |
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| | (5) | Section 403 of the Education Act 1996 (sex education: manner of provision) is |
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| | amended as set out in subsections (6) to (9). |
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| | (6) | In subsection (1), for the words from the beginning to “at a maintained school” |
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| | there is substituted “The governing body or other proprietor of any school to |
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| | which this section applies, and its head teacher, must take such steps as are |
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| | reasonably practicable to ensure that sex and relationships education is given to |
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| | registered pupils at the school and that”. |
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| | (7) | After that subsection there is inserted— |
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| | “(1ZA) | The schools to which this section applies are— |
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| | (b) | city technology colleges; |
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| | (c) | city colleges for the technology of the arts; |
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| | | A reference in this section or section 404 to the governing body of a school, in |
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| | relation to a school within paragraph (b), (c) or (d), shall be read as a reference to |
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| | the proprietor of the school.”. |
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| | (a) | for “when sex education is given to registered pupils at maintained |
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| | schools” there is substituted “when sex and relationships education is |
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| | given to registered pupils at schools to which this section applies”; |
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| | (b) | in paragraph (a), after “, and” there is inserted “learn the nature of civil |
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| | partnership and the importance of strong and stable relationships.”; |
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| | (c) | paragraph (b) is omitted. |
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| | (9) | In subsection (1C), for “sex education” there is substituted “sex and relationships |
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| | (10) | In section 579 of the Education Act 1996 (general interpretation), in the definition |
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| | of “sex education” in subsection (1)— |
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| | (a) | for “sex education” there is substituted “sex and relationships |
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| | (b) | at the end there is inserted “but does not include education about human |
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| | reproduction provided as part of any science teaching;”. |
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| | (11) | For section 405 of the Education Act 1996 there is substituted— |
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| | “405 | Exemption from sex and relationships education |
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| | “(1) | If a pupil of sufficient maturity in attendance at a school to which section |
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| | 403 applies requests to be wholly or partly excused from receiving sex |
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| | and relationships education at the school, the pupil shall be so excused |
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| | accordingly until the request is withdrawn. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State must in regulations define “sufficient maturity”. |
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| | (3) | A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (2) may |
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| | not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and |
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| | approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. |
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| | (4) | The Secretry of State must lay draft regulations before Parliament before |
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| | the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which this |
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| | Inclusive and accessible education, health and social care provision |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In exercising a function under Part 3, a local authority and NHS bodies in England |
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| | must promote and secure inclusive and accessible education, health and social |
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| | care provision to support children, young people and their families. |
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| | (2) | Regulations will set out requirements on an authority and its partner NHS |
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| | commissioning bodies to promote and secure inclusive and accessible education, |
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| | health and social care provision in its local area, in particular through— |
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| | (c) | the commissioning or funding; |
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| | (e) | the evaluation of such services.’. |
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| | Information sharing about live births |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | NHS trusts should make arrangements to share with local authorities records of |
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| | live births to parents resident in their area, to be used by the local authority for the |
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| | purposes of identifying and contacting new families through children’s centres |
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| | and any other early years outreach services it may operate. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State must, within a period of six months of Royal Assent to this |
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| | Act, bring forward regulations placing consequential requirements on trusts and |
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| | local authorities in exercising their duty under subsection (1), including, but not |
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| | (a) | the format of arrangements made; |
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| | (b) | the safeguarding of information; |
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| | (c) | the circumstances in which it would not be appropriate for a trust to |
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| | provide information to local authorities; |
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| | (d) | the regularity of data transfers; |
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| | (e) | timescales within which a local authority must contact new families |
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| | (f) | any further requirements the Secretary of State deems necessary. |
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| | (3) | Local authorities must establish a pilot scheme to trial the registration of births |
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| | within children’s centres, and evaluate the effectiveness of the scheme to— |
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| | (a) | identify and contact new families; and |
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| | (b) | enable children’s centres to reach more families, in particular those with |
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| | children under the age of two, or who the local authority consider— |
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| | Allowances payable to self-employed adoptive parents |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘The Secretary of State shall conduct an analysis of the potential costs, benefits |
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| | and desirability of providing for adoptive parents who are self-employed or in |
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| | receipt of welfare benefits to receive a weekly payment during the adoption pay |
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| | period equivalent to the maternity allowance paid to new parents whose children |
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| | Publication of information relating to Special Educational Needs tribunal cases |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The Secretary of State must collect information on all cases related to special |
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| | educational needs which are considered by the Tribunal Service, including— |
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| | (a) | the local authority involved; |
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| | (b) | the cost to the Tribunal Service; |
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| | (c) | the amount spent by the local authority on fighting each case; |
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| | (d) | the nature of each case; and |
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| | (e) | the outcome of each case. |
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| | (2) | The Secretary of State must collate and publish information collected in the |
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| | exercise of his functions under subsection (1) once a year. |
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| | (3) | The following bodies must make arrangements to provide such information to the |
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| | Secretary of State as is necessary to enable him to perform his functions under |
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| | (a) | the Tribunal Service; |
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| | Health bodies: duties with respect to young carers |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | In exercising their general functions health bodies must— |
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| | (a) | promote and safeguard the well-being of young carers; |
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| | (b) | ensure that effective procedures exist to identify patients who are or are |
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| | (c) | ensure that effective procedures exist to identify patients who it may be |
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| | reasonably assumed may be receiving care from a child or young person |
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| | for whom they are responsible; |
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| | (d) | ensure that appropriate systems exist to ensure that carers receive |
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| | appropriate information and advice; and |
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| | (e) | ensure that systems are in place to ensure that the relevant general |
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| | medical services are rendered to their patients who are young carers, or |
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| | to the young carers of their patients. |
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| | (2) | In relation to paragraphs (1)(b), (c) and (d), the Secretary of State may by |
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| | regulations further provide for the strategies to be developed.’. |
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| | Schools: duties with respect to young carers |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The appropriate authorities of schools must ensure that, within 12 months of the |
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| | passing of this Act, they take all reasonable steps to ensure that there is in place |
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| | (a) | identifies young carers within the school; and |
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| | (b) | makes arrangements for the provision within school of appropriate |
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| | support to promote the well-being and improve the educational |
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| | attainment of pupils who are young carers. |
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| | (2) | In discharging its duty under subsection (1), where appropriate the authority |
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| | (a) | consult with the family of the child or young person identified, or the |
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| | (b) | involve the local authority in which the identified pupil is ordinarily |
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| | (c) | refer the identified pupil to additional services outside the school; |
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| | (d) | have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of |
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| | |
| | (3) | The “appropriate authority” for a school is— |
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| | (a) | in the case of a maintained school, the governing body; |
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| | (b) | in the case of an academy, the proprietor; |
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| | (c) | in the case of a pupil referral unit, the management committee.’. |
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| | Further and higher educational institutions: duties with respect to student carers |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The responsible body of an institution to which this section applies must, within |
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| | 12 months of the passing of this Act, identify or make arrangements to identify |
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| | student carers and have a policy in place on promoting the well-being of student |
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| | (2) | This section applies to— |
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| | (b) | any other institution within the higher education sector; |
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| | (c) | an institution within the further education sector. |
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| | (3) | A responsible body is— |
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| | (a) | in the case of an institution in paragraphs (2)(a) or (b), the governing |
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| | (b) | in the case of a college of further education under the management of a |
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| | board of management, the board of management; |
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| | (c) | in the case of any other college of further education, any board of |
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| | governors of the college or any person responsible for the management |
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| | of the college, whether or not formally constituted as a governing body |
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| | (4) | In discharging its duty under subsection (1), where appropriate the authority |
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| | (a) | consult with the family of the child or young person identified, or the |
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| | (b) | involve the local authority in which the identified pupil is ordinarily |
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| | (c) | refer the identified student to additional services outside of the |
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| | (d) | have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of |
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| Clause 1, page 1, leave out line 9 and insert ‘satisfied that C should be placed for |
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| Clause 2, page 1, line 15, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | In subsection (4), after paragraph (f) insert— |
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| | “(g) | the child’s religious persuasion, racial origin and cultural and linguistic |
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| | background, although this paragraph does not apply to an adoption |
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| | agency in Wales, to which subsection (5) instead applies.”.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | The Secretary of State may require local authorities to make arrangements with |
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| | adoption agencies to compensate them for the cost of recruiting approved |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(1A) | Directions under subsection (1) may not be given before May 2017, being five |
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| | years after the introduction of adoption scorecards.’. |
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| Clause 3, page 2, line 32, leave out paragraph (c). |
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| Clause 6, page 5, line 9, at end insert— |
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| | ‘( ) | In section 129 (disclosure of information), in subsection (2)(a) after “suitable for |
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| | adoption” insert “or for whom a local authority in England is considering |
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| Clause 8, page 8, line 42, at end add— |
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| | ‘(12) | In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders |
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| | Act 2012 (civil legal services)— |
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| | (a) | in paragraph 12(9) (victims of domestic violence and family matters), in |
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| | the definition of “family enactment” after paragraph (o) insert— |
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| | “(p) | section 51A of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 |
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| | (post-adoption contact orders).”, and |
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| | (b) | in paragraph 13(1) (protection of children and family matters) after |
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| | “(g) | orders under section 51A of the Adoption and |
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| | Children Act 2002 (post-adoption contact).”’. |
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