# The Children (Secure Accommodation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 9: Duty to notify parents and others in relation to children in secure accommodation in an authority home


Where a child to whom Article 44 applies is kept in secure accommodation in an authority home and it is intended that an application will be made to a court to keep the child in that accommodation, the authority which is looking after the child shall, if practicable, give notice of that intention, as soon as possible, to—
(a) his parents;
(b) any person who is not a parent of his but who has parental responsibility for him;
(c) the child’s independent visitor, if one has been appointed; and
(d) any other person who that authority considers should be informed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/487/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-9
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