{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-9.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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Notification of occurrences involving the child",
  "text": "(1) The local authority must, in making arrangements under regulation 8, require the person who is to care for the child to notify the authority immediately if the child–\n(a) dies;\n(b) suffers any serious illness or injury; or\n(c) absents themselves or, without lawful authority, is taken away from the person's home.\n(2) On receiving notification under paragraph (1) the local authority must, so far as is reasonably practicable, immediately notify the child's parents and every person who has any parental responsibilities or parental rights in relation to the child unless that person is caring for the child by virtue of regulation 8.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}