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UK Law Reference
All sections of Children and Social Work Act 2017
2017 c. 16, s.28

Section 28 — Guidance and interpretation

This version in force from 2018-06-29

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

After section 16P of the Children Act 2004 (inserted by section 27 of this Act) insert—Guidance and interpretation16Q (1) The child death review partners for a local authority area in England must have regard to any guidance given by the Secretary of State in connection with functions conferred on them by sections 16M to 16P. (2) In this section and sections 16M to 16P “child death review partners”, in relation to a local authority area in England, means— (a) the local authority; (b) any clinical commissioning group for an area any part of which falls within the local authority area.