{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-england-regulations-2015/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-england-regulations-2015/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/541",
  "legislation_title": "The Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-england-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Restraint and deprivation of liberty",
  "text": "(1) Restraint in relation to a child is only permitted for the purpose of preventing—\n(a) injury to any person (including the child);\n(b) serious damage to the property of any person (including the child); or\n(c) a child who is accommodated in a secure children's home from absconding from the home.\n(2) Restraint in relation to a child must be necessary and proportionate.\n(3) These Regulations do not prevent a child from being deprived of liberty where that deprivation is authorised in accordance with a court order.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/541/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:44:24.411959+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."
}