{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-planning-placement-and-case-review-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-planning-placement-and-case-review-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1818",
  "legislation_title": "The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-planning-placement-and-case-review-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Assessment of P's suitability to care for a child",
  "text": "Before deciding to place C with P, the responsible authority must—\n(a) assess the suitability of P to care for C, including the suitability of—\n(i) the proposed accommodation, and\n(ii) all other persons aged 18 and over who are members of the household in which it is proposed that C will live,\n(b) take into account all the matters specified in Schedule 4 in making its assessment,\n(c) consider whether, in all the circumstances and taking into account the services to be provided by the responsible authority, the placement will safeguard and promote C's well-being and meet C's needs set out in the care and support plan, and\n(d) review C's case in accordance with Part 6.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Schedule 4 contains provision specifying the matters which a responsible authority must take into account when assessing the suitability of P to care for C."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1818/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:39.085646+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."
}