The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015

Notification of placement

14.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the responsible authority must give written notice to the persons listed in paragraph (2) of the arrangements for C’s placement before the placement is made or, if an emergency placement is necessary, within 5 working days of the start of the placement, unless it is not reasonably practicable to do so.

(2) The persons referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) C, unless it would not be appropriate to do so having regard to C’s age and understanding,

(b) P,

(c) if C is in the care of the responsible authority, any person who is allowed contact with C under section 34(1) of the 1989 Act and any person who has contact with C by virtue of an order under section 34 of that Act (parental contact etc. with children in care),

(d) if C is looked after but is not in the care of the responsible authority, any person who has contact with C pursuant to an order made under section 8 of the 1989 Act (child arrangements orders and other orders with respect to children),

(e) any person who was caring for C immediately before the arrangements were made,

(f) the local health board (or, in the case of a child living or to be placed in a local authority area in England, the National Health Service Commissioning Board(1) and the clinical commissioning group(2)) for the area in which C is living and, if different, for the area in which C is to be placed,

(g) C’s registered medical practitioner and, where applicable, the registered medical practitioner with whom C is to be registered during the placement,

(h) any educational establishment attended by, or person providing education or training for, C,

(i) the LAC Education Co-ordinator for the area in which C is living, and if different, for the area in which C is to be placed,

(j) the IRO, and

(k) where C is placed in a children’s home, C’s link worker.

(3) The responsible authority may decide not to give notification to any or all of the persons listed in paragraphs (2)(b) to (e), if to do so would place C at risk of harm.

(1)

The National Health Service Commissioning Board is established by section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006 (c. 41) (“the 2006 Act”), as inserted by section 9(1) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7) (“the 2012 Act”).

(2)

A clinical commissioning group is a body established under section 14D of the 2006 Act. Section 14D is inserted by section 25(1) of the 2012 Act. See also section 11 of the 2006 Act, which is inserted by section 10 of the 2012 Act.