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Regulation 27A Prohibition on placing a child under 16 in other arrangementsF1

A responsible authority may only place a child under 16 in accommodation in accordance with other arrangements under section 22C(6)(d), where the accommodation is—

(a)

in relation to placements in England, in—

(i)

a care home;

(ii)

a hospital as defined in section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006;

(iii)

a residential family centre as defined in section 4(2) of the Care Standards Act;

(iv)

a school within the meaning of section 4 of the Education Act 1996 providing accommodation that is not registered as a children’s home;

(v)

an establishment that provides care and accommodation for children as a holiday scheme for disabled children as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Residential Holiday Schemes for Disabled Children (England) Regulations 2013;

(b)

in relation to placements in Wales—

(i)

accommodation provided by a care home service, within the meaning of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (“the RISCWA 2016”);

(ii)

in a hospital as defined in section 206(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

(iii)

accommodation provided by a residential family centre service, within the meaning of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1 to the RISCWA 2016;

(iv)

in a school within the meaning of section 4 of the Education Act 1996 providing accommodation together with nursing or care that does not constitute a care home service;

(c)

in relation to placements in Scotland—

(i)

in a residential establishment, within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition in section 93(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;

(ii)

accommodation provided by the Scottish public fostering service, within the meaning of paragraph 10(a) of Schedule 12 to the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the PSR(S)A 2010”);

(iii)

accommodation provided by a care home service, within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 to the PSR(S)A 2010;

(iv)

accommodation provided by a school care accommodation service, within the meaning given by or under paragraph 3 of Schedule 12 to the PSR(S)A 2010;

(v)

in a hospital as defined in section 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regs. 27A, 27B inserted (9.9.2021) by The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/161), regs. 1, 4