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Regulation 2 Local authority refusal of contact with child

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Where a local authority has decided under section 34(6) to refusecontact with a child that would otherwise be required by virtue ofsection 34(1) or a court order, the authority shall, as soon as thedecision has been made, notify the following persons in writing of thoseparts of the information specified in the Schedule as the authorityconsiders those persons need to know—

(a)

the child, if he is of sufficient understanding;

(b)

the child’s parents;

(c)

any guardian of his;

(d)

where there was a residence order in force with respect to the childimmediately before the care order was made, the person in whose favourthe order was made;

(e)

where immediately before the care order was made, a person had careof the child by virtue of an order made in the exercise of the HighCourt’s inherent jurisdiction with respect to children, that person; and

(f)

any other person whose wishes and feelings the authority consider tobe relevant.