{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-5A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-5A.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/5A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": "Duty to place siblings together",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—\n(a) the local authority are considering placing the child—\n(i) with a kinship carer in accordance with regulation 11,\n(ii) with a foster carer in accordance with regulation 27,\n(iii) in a residential establishment, and\n(b) any sibling of the child is looked after or about to be looked after.\n(2) The local authority must, where appropriate—\n(a) place the child and the sibling of the child with the same carer or in the same residential establishment, or\n(b) place the child and the sibling of the child in homes which are near to each other.\n(3) In determining for the purposes of paragraph (2) whether the placement is appropriate, the local authority must be satisfied that the placement safeguards and promotes the welfare of the child (which is the paramount concern).\n(4) In determining for the purposes of paragraph (2) whether a placement as referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph is appropriate, the local authority must be satisfied that such a placement would better safeguard and promote the welfare of a child than a placement as referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of that paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5A inserted (26.7.2021) by The Looked After Children (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/103), regs. 1(3), 3(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/210/regulation/5A",
    "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."
}