{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/210",
  "legislation_title": "The Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Placement of child with kinship carer",
  "text": "(1) A local authority must not place a child with a kinship carer where–\n(a) the placement is, or would be, contrary to the terms of any—\n(i) order or warrant made by the children’s hearing or the sheriff under the 2011 Act;\n(ii) permanence order; or\n(iii) exclusion order; or\n(b) the placement would return the child to the care of a person where the child was, by virtue of any order, authorisation or warrant, removed from the care of that person.\n(2) A local authority must not place a child with a kinship carer unless they are satisfied that–\n(a) placement is in the best interests of the child;\n(b) placement of the child with that kinship carer is in the best interests of the child;\n(c) following the assessment referred to in regulation 10(3), that kinship carer is a suitable person to care for the child;\n(d) they have taken into account all information available to them relevant to the performance of their duties under section 17(1) to (5) of the 1995 Act;\n(e) the kinship carer has entered into a written agreement with the local authority under regulation 12; and\n(f) the kinship carer has entered into a written agreement with the local authority as to the matters specified in Schedule 4.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 11(1)(a) substituted (24.6.2013) by The Childrens Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Modification of Subordinate Legislation) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/147), art. 1, sch. para. 11(7); S.S.I. 2013/195, arts. 2, 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/210/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:01:11.639591+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."
}