{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-27A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-27A.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/27A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27A",
  "heading": "Placement limit",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) a local authority must not place a child with a foster carer where the placement would result in more than 3 children being placed with that foster carer at any one time.\n(2) The limit in paragraph (1) does not apply—\n(a) when a group of more than 3 siblings are being placed by a local authority; ...\n(b) when an emergency placement of a child with a foster carer in accordance with regulation 36 or a short–term placement of less than 4 weeks would result in more than 3 children being placed with that foster carer ; or\n(c) when regulation 27B(4) applies.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 27A inserted (29.12.2014) by The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/310), regs. 1, 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 27A(2)(a) omitted (31.3.2021) by virtue of The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/103), regs. 1(4), 3(8)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 27A(2)(c) and word inserted (31.3.2021) by The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/103), regs. 1(4), 3(8)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/210/regulation/27A",
    "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."
}