{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Information to be obtained by the local authority in respect of a child to be or being looked after by them",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a child is looked after or about to be looked after by a local authority in terms of section 17(6) of the 1995 Act.\n(2) The local authority must–\n(a) carry out the assessment in accordance with regulation 4; and\n(b) so far as is reasonably practicable comply with the requirements in paragraph (3).\n(3) The requirements are–\n(a) to obtain and record in writing the information relating to the child specified in Schedule 1; and\n(b) to obtain a written assessment of the child's health and their need for health care by a registered medical practitioner or a registered nurse.\n(4) The requirement at paragraph (3)(b) does not apply where an assessment of the child's health and their need for health care has already been made by a registered medical practitioner or a registered nurse within a period of 3 months immediately preceding the date the child began to be looked after by the local authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/210/regulation/3",
    "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."
}