# The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 5: Duty to inform parents and others of intention to place child in secure accommodation

Extent: E+W

Where a local authority intends to apply to a court to place a child whom it is looking after in secure accommodation, it must, as far as is reasonably practicable, notify, as soon as possible—
(a) the child’s parents;
(b) any person who is not a parent but has parental responsibility for the child;
(c) the child’s independent visitor, if one has been appointed; and
(d) any other person who that local authority considers should be informed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1988/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-5
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