Arrangements made by a local authority in England under section 10 must include arrangements for the establishment of a Children's Trust Board for their area.
A Children's Trust Board must include a representative of each of the following—
A Children's Trust Board may also include any other persons or bodies that the establishing authority, after consulting each of their relevant partners, think appropriate.
A Children's Trust Board need not include any of the establishing authority's relevant partners who are of a description prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
Subsection (2) does not require a Children's Trust Board to include a separate representative for each of the persons or bodies mentioned in subsection (2)(a) and (b).
Where two or more local authorities jointly make arrangements under section 10 for the establishment of a Children's Trust Board, references in sections 12B and 17 to the area of the authority that established the Board are to be read as references to an area consisting of the combined areas of those authorities.
For the purposes of this section and sections 12B and 12C—
otherwise than by virtue of section 10(4)(da) or (db)