# The Accommodation of Children (Charge and Control)Regulations 1988, Regulation 3: Consultation and notification


(1) Before a placement decision is made a local authority shall, so far as is practicable, seek written views on the proposed placement from the persons specified in paragraph (2) and shall take those views into account in reaching such a decision.
(2) The persons from whom views are to be sought are—
(a) the child, having regard to his age and understanding;
(b) the child’s parent, guardian or custodian where appropriate;
(c) the district health authority for the district in which the child is living and the appropriate officer;
(d) the child’s medical practitioner;
(e) the area authority, where the proposed placement is in the area of that authority;
(f) a person, not being an officer of a local authority, who is or has been involved with the arrangements for the child’s welfare during the period the child has been in the care of the local authority or immediately before that period;
(g) any other person whose views the local authority considers should be sought.
(3) In paragraph (2)(c) “appropriate officer” means such officer as may be appointed for the purposes of that subparagraph by the local education authority for the area in which the child is living.
(4) The local authority shall, so far as practicable, give written notice to all the persons whose views have been sought pursuant to paragraph (1) of the placement decision and, subject to paragraphs (5) and (7), of where the child is to be placed.
(5) Where the child is placed with a person other than his parent, guardian or custodian, as the case may be, the local authority’s notice in writing to his parent, guardian or custodian under paragraph (4) shall contain—
(a) the name and address of the person with whom the child is placed;
(b) arrangements for access to the child having regard to the Code of Practice made under section 12G of the Act;
(c) any other particulars relating to the care and welfare of the child which it appears to the local authority ought to be supplied.
(6) In relation to termination of a placement a local authority shall, so far as practicable—
(a) give notice in writing of any decision to terminate the placement to the child, having regard to his age and understanding, to the person with whom the child is placed and to the child’s parent, guardian or custodian; and
(b) give notice in writing of the termination of the placement to all persons, other than the child, whose views were sought pursuant to paragraph (1) and the person with whom the child was placed.
(7) A local authority shall not be required to give notice under paragraph (4) in the case of a person whose whereabouts are unknown to the authority or cannot be readily obtained nor in any case where the authority determine that such notification would not be in accordance with their general duty under section 18 of the Act (general duty of local authority in relation to children in their care) in respect of the child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2183/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/accommodation-of-children-charge-and-controlregulations-1988/regulation-3
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