Commentary on Sections CAFCASS functions in Wales Section 39: Protection of children
163.Subsection (1) applies the Protection of Children Act 1999 to the Assembly as though it were a childcare organisation for the purposes of the functions of the Assembly under this part. The Protection of Children Act relates to the suitability of people to work with children, and the section also provides for the Assembly to ensure that appropriate mechanisms are in place in any organisations carrying out the functions on the Assembly’s behalf in order that the Assembly can be satisfied that persons employed by that organisation are suitable.