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Section 16E of the Children Act 2004 already allows safeguarding partners to determine which relevant agencies—those other than the core members that I have outlined—should be included in safeguarding arrangements, and, under Section 16G, such relevant agencies must act in accordance with these arrangements. The new duty and regulations acknowledge the arrangements that some of these agencies may enter into in supporting local multi-agency child protection teams to respond to local demographics, needs and harms.