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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-37",
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  "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/37",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Emergency placement in residential establishment",
  "text": "(1) Where a child who is looked after by a local authority in terms of section 17(6) of the 1995 Act is to be placed in an emergency that authority may place the child in a residential establishment for a period not exceeding 3 working days.\n(2) A local authority may not place a child under paragraph (1) unless–\n(a) they are satisfied that an emergency placement in a residential establishment is the most suitable way of meeting the child's needs; and\n(b) they have given full consideration to the possibility of placing the child with a carer in accordance with regulation 36.",
  "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/37",
    "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."
}