[23ZB Independent visitors for children looked after by a local authority]
Children Act 1989 (1989 c 41) | Legislation

[23ZB  Independent visitors for children looked after by a local authority]

[(1)     A local authority looking after a child must appoint an independent person to be the child's visitor if—

(a)     the child falls within a description prescribed in regulations made by the [Secretary of State]; or

(b)     in any other case, it appears to them that it would be in the child's interests to do so.

(2)     A person appointed under this section must visit, befriend and advise the child.

(3)     A person

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