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| To move the following Schedule:— |
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| | ‘Transitory modifications of Schedule 2 to the 1989 Act |
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| | 1 | Paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the 1989 Act (regulations as to placing of |
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| | children with local authority foster parents) has effect as if paragraphs (d) and |
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| | 2 | That Schedule has effect as if, after paragraph 12, there were inserted— |
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| | “12A (1) | Regulations under section 23(2)(a) may, in particular, also make |
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| | (a) | for securing that a child is not placed with a local authority |
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| | foster parent unless that person is for the time being |
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| | approved as a local authority foster parent by such local |
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| | authority as may be prescribed; |
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| | (b) | establishing a procedure under which any person in respect |
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| | of whom a qualifying determination has been made may |
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| | apply to the appropriate national authority for a review of |
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| | that determination by a panel constituted by that national |
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| | (2) | A determination is a qualifying determination if— |
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| | (a) | it relates to the issue of whether a person should be |
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| | approved, or should continue to be approved, as a local |
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| | authority foster parent; and |
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| | (b) | it is of a prescribed description. |
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| | (3) | Regulations made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(b) may include |
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| | (a) | the duties and powers of a panel; |
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| | (b) | the administration and procedures of a panel; |
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| | (c) | the appointment of members of a panel (including the |
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| | number, or any limit on the number, of members who may |
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| | be appointed and any conditions for appointment); |
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| | (d) | the payment of fees to members of a panel; |
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| | (e) | the duties of any person in connection with a review |
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| | conducted under the regulations; |
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| | (f) | the monitoring of any such reviews. |
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| | (4) | Regulations made by virtue of sub-paragraph (3)(e) may impose a |
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| | duty to pay to the appropriate national authority such sum as that |
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| | national authority may determine; but such a duty may not be |
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| | imposed upon a person who has applied for a review of a qualifying |
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| | (5) | The appropriate national authority must secure that, taking one |
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| | financial year with another, the aggregate of the sums which |
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| | become payable to it under regulations made by virtue of sub- |
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| | paragraph (4) does not exceed the cost to it of performing its |
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| | independent review functions. |
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| | (6) | The appropriate national authority may make an arrangement with |
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| | an organisation under which independent review functions are |
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| | performed by the organisation on the national authority’s behalf. |
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| | (7) | If the appropriate national authority makes such an arrangement |
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| | with an organisation, the organisation is to perform its functions |
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| | under the arrangement in accordance with any general or special |
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| | directions given by that national authority. |
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| | (8) | The arrangement may include provision for payments to be made to |
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| | the organisation by the appropriate national authority. |
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| | (9) | Payments made by the appropriate national authority in accordance |
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| | with such provision shall be taken into account in determining (for |
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| | the purpose of sub-paragraph (5)) the cost to that national authority |
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| | of performing its independent review functions. |
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| | (10) | Where the Welsh Ministers are the appropriate national authority, |
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| | sub-paragraphs (6) and (8) also apply as if references to an |
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| | organisation included references to the Secretary of State. |
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| | “financial year” means a period of twelve months ending with 31st |
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| | “independent review function” means a function conferred or |
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| | imposed on a national authority by regulations made by virtue of |
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| | “organisation” includes a public body and a private or voluntary |
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| | 12B | Regulations under section 23(2)(a) may, in particular, also make |
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| | provision as to the circumstances in which local authorities may |
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| | make arrangements for duties imposed on them by the regulations |
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| | to be discharged on their behalf.”’. |
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| Title, line 7, after ‘adoption;’, insert ‘to abolish corporal punishment of children;’. |
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| Title, line 7, after ‘adoption;’, insert ‘to make provision for the establishment of a chief |
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| | Order of the House [16th June 2008] |
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| | That the following provisions shall apply to the Children and Young Persons Bill |
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| | 1. | The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee. |
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| | Proceedings in Public Bill Committee |
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| | 2. | Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously |
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| | concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 3rd July 2008. |
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| | 3. | The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on |
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| | Consideration and Third Reading |
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| | 4. | Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the |
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| | day on which those proceedings are commenced. |
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| | 5. | Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be |
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| | brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day. |
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| | 6. | Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to |
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| | proceedings on consideration and Third Reading. |
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| | 7. | Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on |
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| | consideration of any message from the Lords) may be programmed. |
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| | The following Notices have been withdrawn: |
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| | Issue of written judgement relating to a court order in family proceedings |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | The 1989 Act is amended as follows. |
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| | (2) | After section 8 insert— |
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| | “8A | Issue of written judgement relating to a court order in family |
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| | (1) | When issuing an order in any family proceedings a court shall issue a |
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| | written judgement in respect of that order. |
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| | (2) | No children under the age of 16 shall be identified by name in that |
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| | (3) | A judgement issued under subsection (1) will be issued to all parties to |
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| | (4) | Parents of children in family proceedings, who were party to those |
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| | proceedings, may publish the judgement issued under subsection (1). |
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| | (5) | Parents of children in family proceedings, who were party to those |
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| | proceedings, may publish any other documents that are part of such |
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| | proceedings on the condition that documents are redacted to remove the |
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| | names of any children under 16.”’. |
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