73.This section makes consequential amendments.
74.Subsection (3) makes provision for local authorities to recoup costs from each other in respect of services provided following a request for co-operation under section 27(2), for children who fall to each other’s responsibility. The subsection amends section 29 of the Children Act to take account of the new concept that the responsible authority for a relevant or former relevant child will be the last authority to have looked after him. It does this by amending subsection (9) and inserting a new subsection (10). New subsection (10) provides that one local authority may recover its expenses from another in the case of relevant children, former relevant children; and those who, having been looked after, are being helped under section 24.
75.Subsection (4) adds the new services detailed in sections 23B to 23D and 24A and 24B to the list of those services about which a local authority is obliged to publish information under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Children Act. Subsection (5) makes minor amendments consequent on the Care Standards Act 2000 (c.14).
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