{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2007/1357",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authority Adoption Service (Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-adoption-service-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Requirement to open a child’s case record",
  "text": "(1) Each local authority must set up a case record (“the child’s case record”) in respect of each child and place on it —\n(a) any information and reports obtained by the local authority in respect of the child;\n(b) the child’s permanence report;\n(c) any written record of any proceedings of an adoption panel under regulation 18 of the 2005 Adoption Agencies Regulations, its recommendation as to whether or not a child should be placed for adoption and the reasons for its recommendation and any advice given by the panel to an adoption agency;\n(d) any record of an adoption agency’s decision and any notification of that decision under regulation 19 of the 2005 Adoption Agencies Regulations;\n(e) details of any consent by a parent or guardian of a child to placement for adoption under section 19 of the 2002 Act (placing children with parental consent);\n(f) details of any consent by a parent or guardian of a child to the making of a future adoption order under section 20 of the 2002 Act (advance consent to adoption);\n(g) any form or notice withdrawing consent under section 19 or 20 of the 2002 Act or notice given under section 20(4)(a) or (b) of the 2002 Act;\n(h) a copy of any placement order in respect of the child; and\n(i) any other documents or information obtained by the local authority which it considers should be included in the case record.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/1357/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:00:53.915868+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}