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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/placement-of-children-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/placement-of-children-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2007/310",
  "legislation_title": "The Placement of Children (Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/placement-of-children-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Establishment of records",
  "text": "(1) A responsible authority must establish, and maintain, a written case record in respect of each child whom they place.\n(2) The record must include—\n(a) a copy of the arrangements referred to in regulation 4;\n(b) a copy of any written report in their possession concerning the welfare of the child;\n(c) a copy of any document considered or record established in the course of or as a result of a review of the child’s case;\n(d) details of arrangements for contact, of contact orders and of other court orders relating to the child;\n(e) details of any arrangements whereby another person acts on behalf of the local authority or organisation which placed the child; and\n(f) written reasons provided in accordance with paragraphs (3) or (5) of regulation 5.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/852",
      "affecting_title": "The Child Arrangements Order (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2016/216",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) and Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/310/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:53.463777+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."
}