{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-child-protection-measures-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-child-protection-measures-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3258",
  "legislation_title": "The Emergency Child Protection Measures (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-child-protection-measures-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Duties of constable where child removed to place of safety",
  "text": "As soon as reasonably practicable after a child has been removed by a constable to a place of safety under section 61(5) of the Act, a constable shall, subject to regulation 5 below, take such steps as are reasonably practicable to inform the following persons of the matters specified in regulation 4 below:–\n(a) any relevant person in relation to the child;\n(b) any person, other than a relevant person, with whom the child was residing immediately before being removed to the place of safety;\n(c) the local authority for the area in which the place of safety to which the child was removed is situated;\n(d) where not falling within paragraph (c) above, the local authority for the area in which the child is ordinarily resident;\n(e) the local authority for the area in which the child was residing immediately before being removed to a place of safety (where they are not the authority under (c) or (d) of this regulation); and\n(f) the Principal Reporter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3258/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:34.523753+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."
}