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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-fostering-services-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-fostering-services-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2018/1339",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authority Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authority-fostering-services-wales-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Language and communication",
  "text": "(1) The local authority provider must ensure that the language needs of children are met.\n(2) The local authority provider must ensure that children are provided with access to such aids and equipment as may be necessary to facilitate their communication with others.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/1339/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:18.993055+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."
}