Arrangements for Placement of Children (General) Regulations 1991

Notification of arrangements

5.—(1) The responsible authority shall, so far as is reasonablypracticable, notify the following persons in writing of the arrangementsto place a child, before the placement is made—

(a) any person an indication of whose wishes and feelings have beensought under section 22(4), section 61(2) or section 64(2) of the Act(consultation prior to decision making in respect of children lookedafter by a local authority, provided with accommodation by a voluntaryorganisation or in a registered children’s home);

(b) the district health authority for the district in which the child isliving;

(c) the local education authority for the area in which the child isliving;

(d) the child’s registered medical practitioner;

(e) the local authority for the area in which the child is living wherethe child is not placed by such an authority;

(f) he area authority;

(g) any person, not being an officer of a local authority, who is caringfor the child immediately before the arrangements are made;

(h) except in a care case, any person in whose favour a contact order isin force with respect to the child, and

(i) n a care case, any person who has contact with the child pursuant tosection 34 of the Act (contact with a child in care by parents etc) orto an order under that section.

(2) Where it is not practicable to give the notification before theplacement, it shall be given as soon as reasonably practicablethereafter.

(3) The responsible authority shall send a copy of the arrangementsreferred to in regulation 3 or such part of the arrangements as theyconsider will not prejudice the welfare of the child with thenotification referred to in paragraph (1) but in the case ofnotification to those specified in paragraph (1)(b) to (i) they shallsend details of only such part of the arrangements as they considerthose persons need to know.