Legislation

Section 16A – Risk assessments

Introduction

This section was added to the Children Act by the Children and Adoption Act 2006. The Explanatory Notes to the 2006 Act say that s.16A: “requires CAFCASS officers [and their Welsh equivalent] to carry out a risk assessment and provide it to the court if, in the course of carrying out any function in private […]

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