Section 26A — Children Act 1989: Advocacy services

Advocacy services 26A 1 Every local authority shall make arrangements for the provision of assistance to—

a persons who make or intend to make representations under section 24D;

and b children who make or intend to make representations under section 26.

2 The assistance provided under the arrangements shall include assistance by way of representation. 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3 The arrangements—

a shall secure that a person may not provide assistance if he is a person who is prevented from doing so by regulations made by the Secretary of State ;

and b shall comply with any other provision made by the regulations in relation to the arrangements.

4 The Secretary of State may make regulations requiring local authorities to monitor the steps that they have taken with a view to ensuring that they comply with regulations made for the purposes of subsection (3).

5 Every local authority shall give such publicity to their arrangements for the provision of assistance under this section as they consider appropriate.