Section 23D — Children Act 1989: Personal advisers.

Personal advisers. 23D 1 The Secretary of State may by regulations require local authorities to appoint a personal adviser for children or young persons of a prescribed description who have reached the age of sixteen but not the age of twenty-five who are not—

a children who are relevant children for the purposes of section 23A;

b the young persons referred to in section 23C; or c the children referred to in paragraph 19C of Schedule 2. ; or “ persons to whom section 23CA applies.

2 Personal advisers appointed under or by virtue of this Part shall (in addition to any other functions) have such functions as the Secretary of State prescribes.

3 Where a local authority in England ceases to be under a duty to provide a personal adviser for a person under any provision of this Part, that does not affect any other duty under this Part to provide a personal adviser for the person.

4 Where a local authority in England has more than one duty under this Part to provide a personal adviser for a person, each duty is discharged by the provision of the same personal adviser (the local authority are not required to provide more than one personal adviser for the person).