Welsh Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1855 (W.179)

The Children (Leaving Care) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002

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(a) in Regulation 3 (Eligible children), paragraph (2)(b) is omitted,

(b) in Regulation 4 (Relevant children) - 


(i) for paragraph (4) there is substituted - 

    " (4) Subject to paragraph (6), any child who has lived with a person falling within section 23(4) of the Act ("a family placement") for a continuous period of six months or more is not to be a relevant child despite falling within section 23A(2).";

(ii) after paragraph (5) there is inserted - 

    " (6) Where


(a) a family placement within the meaning of paragraph (4) breaks down and the child ceases to live with the person concerned, and

(b) six months have elapsed since that family placement began,



the child is to be treated as a relevant child.".

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[3]


D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

16th July 2002

[2] S.I. 2001/2189.back

[3] 1998 c.38.back