{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accommodation-of-children-charge-and-controlregulations-1988/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/accommodation-of-children-charge-and-controlregulations-1988/regulation-5.json",
  "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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Enquiries to be made before placement decisions",
  "text": "(1) Before a placement decision is made, a local authority shall make all necessary enquiries in respect of —\n(a) the health of the child, by means of a health assessment unless such an assessment has been made and recorded in a written report by a registered medical practitioner within three months of the proposed placement decision;\n(b) the suitability of the person with whom it is proposed the child should be placed;\n(c) the suitability of the proposed accommodation, including the proposed sleeping arrangements;\n(d) the educational and social needs of the child; and\n(e) the suitability of all other members of the household aged 16 or over in which it is proposed a child will live.\n(2) In considering the suitability of a person as required in paragraph (1)(b) or (e), the local authority shall take into account the particulars specified in Schedule 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/2399",
      "affecting_title": "The Accommodation of Children (Charge and Control) Amendment Regulations 1990"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2183/regulation/5",
    "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."
}