Contents
1Citation and Commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Children and Young People’s Plan (England) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st September 2005.
2Interpretation#
In these Regulations—• “appropriate diocesan authority”, “Church of England School” and “Roman Catholic Church School” have the same meanings as in section 142(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;• “authority” means a children’s services authority in England;• “plan” means a children and young people’s plan setting out the authority’s strategy for discharging their functions in relation to children and relevant young persons;• “plan period” in relation to any plan means the period (determined by the authority) to which any plan relates;• “relevant partners” has the same meaning as in section 10;• “school organisation committee” has the same meaning as in section 24 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; and• “section 10” means section 10 of the Children Act 2004;
4Matters to be dealt with in the plan#
(1)Each plan shall set out the improvements which the authority intend to make during the plan period to the well-being of children and relevant young persons so far as relating to—
(a)physical and mental health and emotional well being;
(b)protection from harm and neglect;
(c)education, training and recreation;
(d)the contribution made by them to society; and
(e)social and economic well-being
(2)Each plan shall in particular include—
(a)a statement of the authority’s vision for children and relevant young persons;
(b)a needs assessment against the outcomes;
(c)an outline of the key actions planned to achieve the improvements so far as relating to the outcomes;
(d)a statement as to how the authority’s budget will be used to contribute to those improvements; and
(3)Each plan shall set out the arrangements which the authority propose (pursuant to section 10) to make for working during the plan period with the authority’s relevant partners and such other bodies as the authority consider appropriate.
(referred to in this regulation as the “outcomes”).
5Timing of publication of the plan#
(1)Subject to regulations 9(2) and (3), the first plan shall be published on or before 1st April 2006.
6Manner of publication of the plan#
(a)placing it on the authority’s website;
(b)sending a copy of the plan to each of the persons and bodies with whom the authority have made arrangements under section 10; and
7Consultation during preparation of the plan#
(b)such persons or bodies representing children, relevant young persons or families as the authority consider appropriate;
(d)the school organisation committee for the authority’s area;
(e)such persons or bodies providing voluntary services relating to children and relevant young persons in the area of the authority;
(f)such groups of persons representing local communities as the authority consider appropriate;
(g)the Local Safeguarding Children Board for the authority’s area; and
(h)each of the authority’s relevant partners.
(2)If before the day on which these Regulations come into force any consultation was undertaken which if it had been undertaken after that day would to any extent have satisfied the requirements of paragraph (1), those requirements shall to that extent be taken to have been satisfied.
8Review of the plan#
(2)During the conduct of such a review the authority shall consult such persons as they consider appropriate.
(3)The authority shall publish the result of the review in such manner as they consider appropriate.
9Exception for “excellent” authorities#
(1)Regulations 3 to 8 shall not apply to any children’s services authority if, at the time when they would otherwise, by virtue of regulation 5, be required to publish a plan, they are categorised as excellent by reason of an order made by the Secretary of State under section 99(4) of the Local Government Act 2003.
(2)Paragraph (3) applies (instead of regulation 5(1)) where a children’s services authority cease by reason of an order made by the Secretary of State under 99(4) of the Local Government Act 2003 to be categorised as excellent.
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