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Review of services.
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8.—(1) A health board shall, within 12 months of the commencement of this Part and annually thereafter, have a report prepared on the adequacy of the child care and family support services available in its area.
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(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), a health board in preparing a report under this section shall have regard to the needs of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection and, in particular—
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(a) children whose parents are dead or missing,
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(b) children whose parents have deserted or abandoned them,
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(c) children who are in the care of the board,
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(d) children who are homeless,
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(e) children who are at risk of being neglected or ill-treated, and
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(f) children whose parents are unable to care for them due to ill-health or for any other reason.
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(3) A health board shall give notice of the preparation of a report under subsection (1) to—
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(a) any child care advisory committee in its area;
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(b) such bodies as the board sees fit whose purposes include the provision of child care and family support services;
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and shall have regard to any views or information furnished by such committee or bodies in the preparation of the report.
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(4) A health board shall submit a copy of any report prepared under this section to the Minister and may make copies of any such report available to such bodies as are mentioned in subsection (3) (b).
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