The Children and Young People’s Plan (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
These Regulations amend the Children and Young People’s Plan (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2149) in three substantive respects. They substitute for the requirement to include in a plan a copy of the local authority’s vision statement, a statement as set out in regulation 4 above; they add to the list of consultees in preparing plans; and they make provision for the change in the categorisation of local authorities from the current system in the Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) (No.2) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2416) to the star system brought into effect by the Local Authorities (Categorisation) (England) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3096), both Orders made under section 99(4) of the Local Government Act 2003. This latter provision ensures that the exception from the duty to prepare a plan, which is currently allowed to authorities categorised as excellent under the 2005 Order, will transfer to those rated as four stars under the new Order.