PART 5 Children etc with statement on commencement: transfer to new regime

Continued application of EA 1996 in relation to pre- and post-commencement statements

11.—(1) This Part applies in relation to a child or young person in the area of a local authority in England if—

(a) immediately before the commencement date, a statement was maintained for the child or young person under section 324 or 331 of EA 1996, or

(b) on or after that date a statement under section 324 or 331 of that Act comes to be maintained for the child or young person as a result of the operation of Part 3 or 4 of this Order.

(2) Despite the disapplication by section 81 of and Schedule 3 to the 2014 Act of Chapter 1 of Part 4 of EA 1996 in relation to children in the area of a local authority in England—

(a) the statement continues to have effect, and

(b) the old law continues to have effect in relation to the child or young person.

(3) The new law does not have effect in relation to the child or young person.

(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) are subject to the following provisions of this Part.