Explanatory note

These Regulations make provision for a local authority to be treated as though they and not the original applicant for an emergency protection order had applied for and been granted the order. They make provision for requirements to have been complied with before responsibility under the order is transferred and for the time the transfer is to be treated as effected. The Regulations do not apply when the child who is the subject of the order is in a refuge and the child is to continue to live there for the duration of the order.