(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These regulations, which apply in relation to Wales, make amendments to the Arrangements for Placement of Children (General) Regulations 1991 and the Review of Children’s Cases Regulations 1991.
The effect of the amendments is to extend a responsible authority’s duty of notification on placing a child, to include not only the identified bodies in the area where the child is living, but also the equivalent bodies in the area where the child will be placed. It also provides for responsible authorities to require that a health assessment is carried out and then to draw up a health plan for the child and to ensure that he receives suitable health care services during placement.
The Review of Children’s Cases Regulations are revised so as to include a review of the health plan into the review process established under those Regulations. The age of younger children, whose health review is required to be every six months, is extended up to the age of five years.