Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 2287 (C.86)
children and young persons, england and wales
children and young persons, northern IRELAND
The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007
Made
1st August 2007
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) of the Children and Adoption Act 2006( 1 ), and after consultation with the Welsh Ministers( 2 ) and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland( 3 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2007.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Children and Adoption Act 2006.
Appointed days
1. —(1) 2nd August 2007 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—
(a) for the purpose of making regulations, section 11 (the special restrictions),
(b) for the purpose of making regulations, section 12(1) and (7) (imposition of extra conditions in certain cases), and
(c) section 14(3) (other amendments relating to adoptions from abroad).
(2) 1st October 2007 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—
(a) section 6 (provision as to family assistance orders),
(b) section 7 (risk assessments),
(c) section 14(1) and (2) (other amendments relating to adoptions from abroad), and
(d) section 15(2) and Schedule 3 (repeals) in so far as they relate to section 16(3)(a) of the Children Act 1989( 4 ).
Kevin Brennan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Children, Schools and Families
1st August 2007
By virtue of section 17(4), the Secretary of State must consult the National Assembly for Wales before making an order under section 17(2). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of section 162 of, and paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) .
By virtue of section 17(5), the Secretary of State must consult the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland before making an order under section 17(2) bringing sections 9 to 12 of the Act into force.