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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Placement in a regulated setting",
  "text": "A local authority may only place a looked after child in secure accommodation—\n(a) provided in Wales by a secure accommodation service in respect of which the provider is registered,\n(b) in a home in England which is registered under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000 as a children’s home providing accommodation for the purpose of restricting liberty, or\n(c) provided by a secure accommodation service in Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 substituted (2.4.2018) by The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(4), 2(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 8 heading substituted (2.4.2018) by The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(4), 2(8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1988/regulation/8",
    "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."
}