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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/placement-of-children-with-parents-etc-regulations-1991/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/placement-of-children-with-parents-etc-regulations-1991/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/893",
  "legislation_title": "The Placement of Children with Parents etc Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/placement-of-children-with-parents-etc-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Placement decisions by director of social services or nominatedperson",
  "text": "(1) A placement shall be made only after a placement decision has beenmade.\n(2) The decisions to place a child shall be made on behalf of the localauthority by the director of social services appointed by the authorityunder section 6 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (director of social services) or by an officer of thelocal authority nominated in writing for that purpose by the director.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1970 c. 42."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/893/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:46:11.827180+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."
}