{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-47.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/47",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Termination of placement",
  "text": "(1) Where, for any reason, it appears to a local authority that it is no longer in a child's best interests to remain in a placement the local authority must make arrangements to terminate the placement as soon as is practicable.\n(2) Where a local authority terminates a placement under paragraph (1) they must immediately notify any person, local authority or Health Board who received notification of the placement under regulation 13, 29 or 34.\n(3) In this regulation a child is in a placement where that child is–\n(a) being cared for under arrangements made in accordance with regulation 8;\n(b) placed with a kinship carer under regulation 11;\n(c) placed with a foster carer under regulation 27;\n(d) placed with a carer in an emergency under regulation 36 or 39; or\n(e) otherwise provided with accommodation by a local authority under section 25 of the 1995 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/210/regulation/47",
    "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."
}