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Carolyn Hamilton (instructed by the Children's Legal Centre) for the Claimant Andrew Sharland (instructed by Essex CC) for the Defendant Hearing date : 5 December 2003 ____________________
(1) In this Act, any reference to a child who is looked after by a local authority is a reference to a child who is�
(2) In subsection (1) "accommodation" means accommodation which is provided for a continuous period of more than 24 hours.
The words "apart from functions under sections 23B and 24B" were introduced by s. 2(2) of the 2000 Act, as from 1 October 2001, and the reference to section 17 in that phrase was introduced by s. 116 of the 2002 Act, as from 7 November 2002. Thus, and importantly, as a result of these amendments children provided with accommodation under ss. 23B and 17 are excluded from the definition of a child who is "looked after" by a local authority from respectively 1 October 2001 and 7 November 2002.
(2) A local authority shall provide accommodation and maintenance for any child whom they are looking after by
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