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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/looked-after-children-scotland-regulations-2009/schedule-5/paragraph-5",
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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": "schedule/5/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The kinship carer's obligation–\n(a) not to administer corporal punishment to any child placed with them;\n(b) to ensure that any information relating to a child placed with them, to the child's family or to any other person, which has been given in confidence in connection with a placement is kept confidential and is not disclosed to any person without the consent of the local authority;\n(c) to comply with the terms of any kinship placement agreement, to care for the child placed with the kinship carer in a safe and appropriate manner and to promote the child's welfare having regard to the local authority's immediate and longer-term arrangements for the child;\n(d) to notify the local authority immediately of any serious illness of the child or of any other serious occurrence affecting the child; and\n(e) where the placement is terminated, to allow the child to be removed from their home by the local authority.",
  "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/schedule/5/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}