A statutory instrument is secondary legislation, and in this case amends the law in relation to children’s services. The amendments change several acts of parliament including regulations for residential care, foster care (both private and public), adoption, family centres, inspection, care planning and reviews; acts which originally took months and years for parliament to pass.
The changes to legislation prescribed by Statutory Instrument 445 are far-reaching and will significantly reduce the level of protection for our most vulnerable children.
Time limits for reviews have been abandoned. Highly ambiguous language - in phrases such as ‘as soon as reasonably practicable’ and ‘use reasonable endeavours to’ - is now scattered throughout what were previously tight and enforceable laws to protect vulnerable children.
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