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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accommodation-of-children-charge-and-controlregulations-1988/regulation-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Duties of local authorities in relation to placements",
  "text": "A local authority shall satisfy themselves that the placement of a child is the most suitable way of performing their general duty under section 18 of the Act and that the placement is the most suitable having regard to all the circumstances.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2183/regulation/4",
    "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."
}