# The Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003, Regulation 39: Placements outside Wales


(1) A voluntary organisation must not place a child outside the British Islands.
(2) Where a responsible authority makes arrangements to place a child outside Wales it must ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that the requirements which would have applied under these Regulations had the child been placed in Wales, are complied with.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/237/regulation/39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fostering-services-wales-regulations-2003/regulation-39
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