Part 1: Children Chapter 2: Safeguarding of children Section 22: Guidance by the Secretary of State
This section adds a new section 16K into the Children Act 2004. References to subsections below are to subsections in that new section.
	Subsection (1) specifies that safeguarding partners and relevant agencies for a local authority area in England must have regard to any guidance given by the Secretary of State in connection with functions under sections 16E to 16J.
	Subsection (2) states that guidance given by the Secretary of State in respect of functions conferred by 16F (local child safeguarding practice reviews) may include guidance about circumstances in which it may be appropriate for a serious child safeguarding case to be reviewed and matters to be taken into account in deciding whether a review is making satisfactory progress, or whether a report is of satisfactory quality.