# The Additional Learning Needs (Wales) Regulations 2021, Regulation 24: Release of child or young person detained in hospital

Extent: E+W

(1) This regulation applies where—
(a) a child or young person subject to a detention order and detained in hospital under Part 3 of the 1983 Act, is released from detention,
(b) immediately before release, a relevant local authority was maintaining an individual development plan under section 14 of the 2018 Act for the child or young person,
(c) on the release date, a local authority is responsible for the child or young person, and
(d) immediately on release, the person released is not a child who is looked after by a local authority (for where a child is looked after by a local authority immediately on release, see section 35(9) and (10) of the 2018 Act).
(2) The local authority mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) must maintain the individual development plan; and the plan is to be treated as maintained under section 14 of the 2018 Act for the purposes of Part 2 of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/401/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/additional-learning-needs-wales-regulations-2021/regulation-24
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