Regulation 10 Placements outside England and Wales

A voluntary organisation are not to place a child outside theBritish Islands^f1.

Where a responsible authority make arrangements to place a childoutside England or Wales they are to ensure that, so far as reasonablypracticable, requirements are complied with in relation to the childwhich would have applied under these Regulations if the child had beenplaced in England or Wales.

In the case of a local authority, paragraph (2) is subject to theprovisions of paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 to the Act (arrangements bylocal authorities to assist children to live outside England andWales).