{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-wales-regulations-2001/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-wales-regulations-2001/regulation-12.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2001/2189",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Leaving Care) (Wales) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-wales-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Functions of personal advisers",
  "text": "(1) A personal adviser shall have the following functions—\n(a) in relation to eligible and relevant children, the functions listed in paragraph (2); and\n(b) in relation to former relevant children, the functions listed in paragraph (2) other than sub-paragraph (b).\n(2) The functions are—\n(a) to provide them with advice (including practical advice) and support;\n(b) to participate in their assessment and the preparation of their pathway plans;\n(c) to participate in reviews of their pathway plans;\n(d) to liaise with the responsible local authority in the implementation of the pathway plan;\n(e) to co-ordinate the provision of services to them, and to take reasonable steps to ensure that they make use of such services;\n(f) to keep informed about their progress and wellbeing; and\n(g) to keep a written record of any of the adviser’s contacts with them.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "In addition the responsible local authority may see fit to arrange for the personal adviser to act on its behalf in the provision of other services pursuant to section 17(5)(b) of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2001/2189/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:16:44.008566+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."
}