Commentary on Sections Part 1 – Delivery of Social Work Services for Children and Young Persons (sections 1 to 6) Section 6: Piloting and expiry of arrangements under this Part
25.Section 6 enables the piloting of arrangements under this Part for a period of up to five years. The intention is to pilot the arrangements in a number of local authorities. The pilots will be evaluated and, subject to that evaluation, the power may be extended to all local authorities. In that event, all providers of social work services will be regulated as agencies under the Care Standards Act 2000 and subject to registration and inspection by the Chief Inspector for Education, Children’s Services and Skills and section 4 makes provision for this. Subsection (3) provides that sections 1 to 5 cease to have effect if the piloting period comes to an end after 5 years without section 4 having been commenced. Subsections (4) and (5) provide that if section 1(1) is not commenced within a period of 5 years then sections 1 to 5 cease to have effect in relation to England or, as the case may be, Wales.