Commentary on Sections Part 6 - Looked after and Accommodated Children Section 101 - Referred cases
289.Section 101 is a power for the Lord Chancellor to make regulations to extend the functions of a “Welsh family proceedings officer” (defined in section 197 of the Act) in relation to cases which are referred under section 100(3). Regulations made under this section may also make provision about the way that a Welsh family proceedings officer exercises his or her functions. Regulations made under this section may only be made with the consent of the Welsh Ministers. This section restates provision made by section 25C of the Children Act 1989.