# The Placement of Children with Parents etc Regulations 1991, Regulation 13: Application of Regulations to short-term placements


(1) This regulation applies to a series of short-term placements withthe same person where the following conditions aresatisfied—
(a) all the placements occur within a period which does not exceed oneyear;
(b) no single placement is for a duration of more than four weeks; and
(c) the total duration of the placements does not exceed 90 days.
(2) Any series of short-term placements to which this regulation appliesmay be treated as a single placement for the purpose of theseRegulations.
(3) Regulation 9(1)(b) shall apply in relation to short-term placementsto which this regulation applies as if for paragraphs (1)(b)(i) to (iii)of that regulation there were substituted—
“(i) during the first of the series of short-term placements towhich this regulation applies, and
(ii) on one other occasion while the child is in fact placed duringthe series of short- term placements.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/893/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/placement-of-children-with-parents-etc-regulations-1991/regulation-13
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