‘(1) A public authority must, in the exercise of its functions relating to safeguarding and the welfare of children, have due regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

(2) For the purposes of this section—

(a) “public authority” has the same meaning as in section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, and

(b) “United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child” has the same meaning as in section 2A(2) of the Children Act 2004.’—