{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accommodation-of-children-charge-and-controlregulations-1988/regulation-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2183",
  "legislation_title": "The Accommodation of Children (Charge and Control)Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accommodation-of-children-charge-and-controlregulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Registers to be kept by local authorities",
  "text": "(1) A local authority shall, in respect of every child placed in their area, whether by them or by another local authority, enter into a register to be kept for the purpose, the particulars specified in paragraph (2) and such of the particulars specified in paragraph (3) as may be appropriate.\n(2) The particulars to be entered in the register in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be—\n(a) the name, sex, and date of birth of the child;\n(b) the name and address of the person with whom the child is placed and, if different those of the child's, parent, guardian and custodian;\n(c) the name of the local authority by whom the child is placed;\n(d) the statutory provision by virtue of which the child is in the care of a local authority;\n(e) whether the child’s name is entered on any local authority register indicating that the child is at risk of being abused;\n(f) the date on which each placement of the child began and terminated and the reason for each termination.\n(3) The additional particulars to be entered in the register, where appropriate, in accordance with paragraph (1) are—\n(a) in the case of a child in respect of whom arrangements have been made under regulation 9 (arrangements for supervisory duties to be carried out by area authorities) a note of that fact and the name of the local authority with whom the arrangements were made; and\n(b) in the case of a child in respect of whom arrangements have been made for supervisory duties under regulation 8 (supervision of placements) to be carried out on behalf of the local authority by a voluntary organisation a note of that fact and the name of the voluntary organisation with whom the arrangements were made.\n(4) Entries in registers kept in accordance with this regulation shall be retained for at least 5 years beginning with the date on which the child to whom the entry relates attains the age of 18 or, if the child has died before attaining that age, the period of 5 years beginning with the date of his death.\n(5) Any register kept in accordance with this regulation shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by any person duly authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State.\n(6) A local authority shall provide such access as may be required to entries in the register relating to a particular child and information about him—\n(a) to the child’s guardian ad litem, and\n(b) subject to the provisions of sections 29(7) and 32(3) of the Local Government Act 1974 (investigations and disclosure) to a Local Commissioner appointed under section 23 of that Act, for the purposes of any investigation conducted in accordance with Part III of that Act.\n(7) A local authority shall secure the safekeeping of registers kept in accordance with this regulation and shall take all necessary steps to ensure that information contained therein is treated as confidential.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1974 c. 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2183/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:52:49.788471+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}