Section 83 Care and support plans

(1)     Where a child becomes looked after by a local authority, any care and support plan prepared under section 54 in relation to that child must be—

(2)     Where a child who does not have a care and support plan under section 54 becomes looked after by a local authority, the local authority must prepare and maintain a care and support plan in relation to that child.

[(2A)     A care and support plan for a child must include a record of the arrangements made to meet the child's needs in relation to education and training (a “personal education plan”).

(2B)     But subsection (2A) does not apply to a child if he or she is within a category of looked after child prescribed