{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1988",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Requirement where child detained without court authority",
  "text": "(1) Before a local authority places a child in secure accommodation without court authority it must first create a written record setting out—\n(a) the reasons why it believes the grounds under section 119(1) of the Act are met;\n(b) the purpose of the placement; and\n(c) the reasons why it considers that the placement is necessary.\n(2) The local authority must provide a copy of that record to—\n(a) the child and any person providing legal representation to the child;\n(b) the child’s parents;\n(c) any person who is not a parent but has parental responsibility for the child;\n(d) the child’s independent visitor, if one has been appointed; and\n(e) any other person who that local authority considers should be informed.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1988/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:10.710666+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."
}