Emergency placement in residential establishment
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37.—(1) Where a child who is looked after by a local authority in terms of section 17(6) of the 1995 Act is to be placed in an emergency that authority may place the child in a residential establishment for a period not exceeding 3 working days.
(2) A local authority may not place a child under paragraph (1) unless–
(a)they are satisfied that an emergency placement in a residential establishment is the most suitable way of meeting the child’s needs; and
(b)they have given full consideration to the possibility of placing the child with a carer in accordance with regulation 36.