Commentary on Sections Part 6 - Looked after and Accommodated Children Section 123 - Services for children notified to a local authority under section 120 or 121
351.Section 123 requires a local authority to provide services for children in respect of whom they have been notified under section 120 or 121. The services must be provided with a view to promoting contact between the child and their family. Such duties are in addition to any duty to maintain family contact that the local authority for the area in which the child is accommodated may have under section 39 (duty to maintain family contact).