The Child Poverty Strategy (Wales) Regulations 2011

Made: 7 March 2011

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 9 March 2011

Coming into force: 6 April 2011

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 5 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010[^f00001], make the following Regulations—

Title, application and commencement

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• (1) The title of these Regulations is The Child Poverty Strategy (Wales) Regulations 2011.

• (2) These Regulations come into force on 6 April 2011.

• (3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

• (a) “child poverty strategy” (“strategaeth tlodi plant”) means a strategy as set out in section 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010;

• (b) “the Welsh authorities” (“yr awdurdodau Cymreig”) for the purposes of these Regulations does not include the Welsh Ministers , a local authority or a corporate joint committee established by regulations made under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021.

Duration of the first and subsequent child poverty strategies

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• (1) The first child poverty strategy must relate to the period from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2014.

• (2) Subsequent strategies must relate to the period of three years beginning on 1 April in the year when the previous strategy period expires.

Timing of publication of the first and subsequent child poverty strategy

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• (1) The first child poverty strategy is to be published on or before 31 March 2012.

• (2) Subsequent strategies must be published on or before 1 April in the year in which the strategy period for that strategy commences in accordance with regulation 3(2).

Manner of publication of a child poverty strategy

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• (1) A Welsh authority must publish a strategy by placing it on its website on the date that a strategy is published.

• (2) A Welsh authority must also make the strategy available for inspection by members of the public–

• (i) at the authority’s offices; and

• (ii) at any other appropriate place.

Review of the child poverty strategy

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• (1) A review of the first strategy undertaken by a Welsh authority must be completed by 31 March 2014.

• (2) All subsequent strategies are to be reviewed every 3 years thereafter.

• (3) The Welsh authority must publish the review report by placing it on its website.

Consultation requirements

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A Welsh authority, before publishing a strategy, must consult the Welsh Ministers, local authorities and other persons as it considers appropriate.

Signed

Huw Lewis — Deputy Minister for Children, one of the Welsh Ministers — 7 March 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations come into force on 6 April 2011 and apply in Wales.

Section 2 of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 imposes duties on Welsh authorities to prepare and publish a strategy for contributing to the eradication of child poverty in Wales. In these Regulations the Welsh Ministers and local authorities are excluded from the definition of Welsh authorities.

Regulation 3 provides for the duration of the first and subsequent child poverty strategies.

Regulation 4 provides for the timing of the publication of the child poverty strategies.

Regulation 5 provides for the manner in which a Welsh authority must publish a child poverty strategy.

Regulation 6 provides the dates upon which a review of a child poverty strategy published by a Welsh authority must be completed. Regulation 6 also provides that a Welsh authority must publish a review report and the review report is to be displayed on the website of the Welsh authority.

Regulation 7 provides for the Welsh authority to conduct a consultation prior to the child poverty strategy being published.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2010 nawm 1.

Editorial notes

[^key-0be5fda9d0ccbf23d34265170e19726f]: Reg. 1 in force at 6.4.2011, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-417076d661169f88c348d2f39482fbfe]: Reg. 2 in force at 6.4.2011, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-700043c528e7e808005460cb2fb8778e]: Reg. 3 in force at 6.4.2011, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-a5d02fa48093bdc5d18f05a24f32b8bb]: Reg. 4 in force at 6.4.2011, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-2c8f0f4899585c565a1034eee582469b]: Reg. 5 in force at 6.4.2011, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-da04b10cfe7e8fab8db5b07f5602ab34]: Reg. 6 in force at 6.4.2011, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-f2d9e313c511620ed81f2c481d80ff81]: Reg. 7 in force at 6.4.2011, see reg. 1(2)

[^key-ef49e9efcf7539fca4d79abf543c1d47]: Words in reg. 2 substituted (3.12.2021) by The Child Poverty Strategy (Corporate Joint Committees) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1364), regs. 1(2), 8