{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-35.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/35",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Child placed in residential establishment: information to be supplied",
  "text": "Where a local authority place a child who is looked after by them in terms of section 17(6) of the 1995 Act in a residential establishment, that authority must–\n(a) provide the person in charge of the residential establishment with–\n(i) written information about the child's background, educational needs, health and mental and emotional development; and\n(ii) any other information which the local authority consider relevant to the placement including the views of the child having regard to the child's age and maturity;\n(b) agree with the person in charge of the residential establishment arrangements for–\n(i) ensuring that the child's welfare is safeguarded and promoted;\n(ii) ensuring that the child receives such provision for their development and control as is conducive to their best interests;\n(iii) contact between the child and their family including any sibling of the child; and\n(iv) ensuring that the child receives adequate and efficient education.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 35(b)(iii) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/103), regs. 1(3), 3(10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/210/regulation/35",
    "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."
}