Regulation 18 Information to be given on receipt of a placing requestI1

Subject to paragraph (2), an authority must, within 5 working days of receiving a placing request, send in writing to the parent making the placing request, free of charge, information of the kinds specified in Schedule 2.

Paragraph (1) does not apply where, within 5 working days of receiving a placing request, an authority notify the parent in writing of the authority’s acceptance of the placing request.