Legislation – Illegal Migration Act 2023
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Unaccompanied children
16Accommodation and other support for unaccompanied migrant children
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17Transfer of children from Secretary of State to local authority and vice versa
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18Duty of local authority to provide information to the Secretary of State
(1)
The Secretary of State may direct a local authority to provide information to the Secretary of State for the purposes of helping the Secretary of State to make a decision under section 17(1) or (4) (decision to transfer unaccompanied migrant child from Secretary of State to local authority or vice versa).
(2)
The information that the Secretary of State may direct a local authority to provide is—
(a)
information about the accommodation and support provided to children by the local authority;
(b)
such other information as may be specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(3)
A local authority which is directed to provide information under this section must provide it—
(a)
in such form and manner as the Secretary of State may direct, and
(b)
before such time or before the end of such period as the Secretary of State may direct.
19Enforcement of local authorities’ duties under sections 17 and 18
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20Extension to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
(1)
(2)
The regulations may amend, repeal or revoke any enactment (including an enactment contained in this Act).
(3)
The regulations may not confer functions on—
(a)
the Welsh Ministers,
(b)
the Scottish Ministers,
(c)
the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland,
(d)
a Northern Ireland Minister, or
(e)
a Northern Ireland department.
(4)
In this section, “enactment” includes—
(a)
an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978;
(b)
an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru;
(c)
an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
(d)
an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation.
21Transfer of children between local authorities
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