{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-coronavirus-amendment-regulations-2020/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-coronavirus-amendment-regulations-2020/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-coronavirus-amendment-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002",
  "text": "(1) The Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 10(1) (health and welfare of residents), after “person shall” insert “ use reasonable endeavours to ”.\n(3) In regulation 20(5) (complaints), after “person shall” insert “ , as far as reasonably practicable ”.\n(4) In regulation 25 (visits by registered provider)—\n(a) in paragraph (3) after “or (2) shall” insert “ , as far as reasonably practicable, ”,\n(b) in paragraph (4)(b) at the beginning insert “ as far as reasonably practicable, ”, and\n(c) after paragraph (4) insert—\n“(4A) Any interview carried out under paragraph (4)(a) may be carried out by telephone, video-link or other electronic means.”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/3213. Amended by S.I. 2013/499. There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 24.4.2020, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/445/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:30:54.945464+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."
}