{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-planning-placement-and-case-review-england-regulations-2010/regulation-27A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-planning-placement-and-case-review-england-regulations-2010/regulation-27A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/959",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-planning-placement-and-case-review-england-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/27A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27A",
  "heading": "Prohibition on placing a child under 16 in other arrangements",
  "text": "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—\n(a) in relation to placements in England, in—\n(i) a care home;\n(ii) a hospital as defined in section 275(1) of the National Health Service Act 2006;\n(iii) a residential family centre as defined in section 4(2) of the Care Standards Act;\n(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;\n(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;\n(b) in relation to placements in Wales—\n(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”);\n(ii) in a hospital as defined in section 206(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;\n(iii) accommodation provided by a residential family centre service, within the meaning of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1 to the RISCWA 2016;\n(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;\n(c) in relation to placements in Scotland—\n(i) in a residential establishment, within the meaning of paragraph (a) of the definition in section 93(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;\n(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”);\n(iii) accommodation provided by a care home service, within the meaning of paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 to the PSR(S)A 2010;\n(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;\n(v) in a hospital as defined in section 108(1) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/959/regulation/27A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:45:52.933384+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."
}