# The Emergency Protection Order (Transfer of Responsibilities) Regulations 1991, Regulation 5: Exception for children in refuges


These Regulations shall not apply where the child to whom the emergency protection order applies is in a refuge in respect of which there is in force a Secretary of State’s certificate issued under section 51 of the Children Act 1989 (refuges for children at risk) and the person carrying on the home or, the foster parent providing the refuge, having taken account of the wishes and feelings of the child, has decided that the child should continue to be provided with the refuge for the duration of the order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1414/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/emergency-protection-order-transfer-of-responsibilities-regulations-1991/regulation-5
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