Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 2870 (C. 127)
Children And Young Persons, England And Wales
The Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2008
Made
5th November 2008
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) of the Children and Adoption Act 2006( 1 ):
In accordance with section 17(4) of that Act, he has consulted the Welsh Ministers( 2 ):
Citation and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Children and Adoption Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2008.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Children and Adoption Act 2006 .
Appointed days
2. —(1) 7th November 2008 is the appointed day for the coming in force of section 1 of the Act in so far as it inserts section 11F into the Children Act 1989.
(2) 8th December 2008 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—
(a) in so far as it is not brought into force by paragraph (1), section 1,
(b) sections 2 and 3,
(c) section 4 and Schedule 1,
(d) sections 5 and 8,
(e) section 15(1) and Schedule 2, and
(f) in so far as they are not already in force, section 15(2) and Schedule 3.
Delyth Morgan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Children, Schools and Families
5th November 2008
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) .