The Special Guardianship (Wales) Regulations 2005

Notices

10.—(1) Any information required to be supplied, or notice required to be given, under regulations 8, 9 and 12, must be given in writing and—

(a) where the person whose needs for special guardianship support services have been assessed is an adult, to that person;

(b) where the person whose needs for special guardianship support services have been assessed is a child and paragraph (2) applies—

(i) to the child; and

(ii) except where it appears inappropriate to the local authority to do so, to—

(aa) the special guardian or prospective special guardian; or

(bb) where the child does not have a special guardian or prospective special guardian, to the adult the local authority consider most appropriate;

(c) where the person whose needs for special guardianship support services have been assessed is a child and paragraph (2) does not apply, to the person, if any, to whom sub-paragraph (b)(ii) above applies.

(2) This paragraph applies where—

(a) it appears to the local authority that the child is of sufficient age and understanding for it to be appropriate to give him or her such notice; and

(b) it does not appear to the local authority to be inappropriate to give him or her such notice.