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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/placement-of-children-with-parents-etc-regulations-1991/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/893",
  "legislation_title": "The Placement of Children with Parents etc Regulations 1991",
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  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Duties of local authorities in relation to placements",
  "text": "A local authority shall satisfy themselves that the placement of achild is the most suitable way of performing their duty under section22(3) of the Act (general duty of local authority in respect of childrenlooked after by them) and that the placement is the most suitable havingregard to all the circumstances.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "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."
}