The Visits to Former Looked After Children in Detention (Wales) Regulations 2011

Frequency of visits

4.—(1) The responsible local authority must ensure that its representative (“R”) visits A—

(a)within ten working days of A first being detained, in so far as is reasonably practicable; and

(b)thereafter whenever reasonably requested to do so by—

(i)A,

(ii)a member of the staff of the institution where A is detained,

(iii)any parent of, or any other person with parental responsibility for A, or

(iv)the relevant youth offending team case manager.

(2) The responsible local authority may arrange for R to make additional visits to A, having regard to any recommendation made by R in accordance with regulation 6(1)(b).