# The Children (Secure Accommodation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 5: Duty to give notice of placement in an authority home


Where a child is placed in secure accommodation in an authority home which is managed by an authority other than the authority which is looking after him, the authority which manages that accommodation shall inform the authority which is looking after him that he has been placed there, within 12 hours of his being placed there.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/487/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-5
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