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  "legislation_title": "The Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003",
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  "path": "regulation/33",
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  "number": "33",
  "heading": "General duty of responsible authority",
  "text": "A responsible authority must not place a child with a foster parent unless it is satisfied that—\n(a) it is the most suitable way of performing its duty under (as the case may be) section 22(3) or 61(1)(a) and (b) of the 1989 Act; and\n(b) a placement with the particular foster parent is the most suitable placement having regard to all the circumstances.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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