{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-care-act-1980-repealed-14101991/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-care-act-1980-repealed-14101991/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/5",
  "legislation_title": "Child Care Act 1980 (repealed 14.10.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-care-act-1980-repealed-14101991",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Review of care cases.",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to their general duty under section 18(1) of this Act, it shall be the duty of a local authority to review the case of each child in their care in accordance with regulations made under subsection (2) below.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to—\n(a) the manner in which cases are to be reviewed under this section;\n(b) the considerations to which the local authority are to have regard in reviewing cases under this section; and\n(c) the time when a child’s case is first to be reviewed and the frequency of subsequent reviews under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/5/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:16:53.335208+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."
}