PART VIII — Local Authority Visits

32 Circumstances necessitating visits by Local Authorities
Every local authority shall arrange for one of their officers to visit every child who is accommodated within their area in a registered children’s home or in a voluntary home in any of the following circumstances and within the periods specified—
(a) where they are informed that a child not in the care of, nor looked after by, any local authority has been placed in such accommodation, within 28 days of being so informed;
(b) where the voluntary organisation or the person carrying on a registered children’s home providing such accommodation makes representations to the local authority that there are circumstances relating to the child which require a visit, within 14 days of receipt of those representations;
(c) when they are informed that the welfare of a child may not be being safeguarded or promoted, within 7 days of being so informed.