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Available to LG Inform Plus subscribers, it provides information on what current legislation gives English and Welsh councils the power to do and what it requires them to do in law. Advanced searching and filtering options make it easy to find specific powers and duties based on legislation, business function and keyword, and results are easily exported in commonly used formats.
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Child welfare - authority acting as parent or guardian Duty
- Description
- Where a patient who is a child or young person is in the care of a local authority by virtue of a care order within the meaning of the Children Act 1989 the authority has a duty to act as the parent or guardian of the patient.
- Modified
- 27 Apr 2021
- Status
- Live
- is found in the following lists
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- requires
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