PART 2ADDITIONAL LEARNING NEEDS
CHAPTER 2INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Review of plans
I1I2I3I4I5I6I8I13I10I9I12I11I724Review and revision of individual development plans for looked after children
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A local authority required to maintain an individual development plan for a looked after child must review the plan before the end of each review period.
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The first review period is a period of 12 months starting with the date on which a copy of the plan is first given under section 22.
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Each subsequent review period is a period of 12 months starting with—
a
the date during the preceding review period on which a copy of a revised plan is first given under subsection (10) in relation to that review period, or
b
where the plan has not been revised in the preceding review period the date during that period on which notice of a decision is first given under subsection (9) in relation to that period.
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But where neither document referred to in subsection (3)(a) and (b) has been given during the preceding review period, the subsequent review period is a period of 12 months starting with the first day after the end of that preceding review period.
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The duty in subsection (1) to review a plan before the end of a review period is treated as met if, before the end of that period, the Education Tribunal for Wales orders the local authority to revise the plan.
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A local authority required to maintain an individual development plan for a looked after child must review the plan if—
a
the plan includes additional learning provision that an NHS body is required to secure under section 20, and
b
the NHS body asks the local authority to review the plan.
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A local authority required to maintain an individual development plan for a looked after child must review the plan if a request is made to it by the looked after child or the looked after child's parent, unless the authority considers a review to be unnecessary.
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A local authority may—
a
review an individual development plan at any time, and
b
revise a plan following a review.
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If a local authority decides following a review (required or authorised by or under this Part or by or under section 83 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)) that the plan should not be revised it must notify the child, the child's parent and the child's independent reviewing officer of—
a
the decision, and
b
the reasons for the decision.
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If a local authority revises a looked after child's individual development plan (as required or authorised by or under this Part or by or under section 83 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4)), it must give a copy of the revised individual development plan to—
a
the looked after child,
b
the looked after child's parent, and
c
the looked after child's independent reviewing officer.