# The Emergency Child Protection Measures (Scotland) Regulations 1996, Regulation 16: Duties where child subject to emergency protection measures


Where a child is subject to emergency protection measures, the specified person in relation to–
(a) any relevant person in relation to the child; and
(b) any person with whom the child was living immediately before such measures were taken, shall allow, and
(c) any other person, may allow;
such contact (if any) with the child as, in the view of the specified person, is both reasonable and in accordance with the welfare of the child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3258/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-child-protection-measures-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-16
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