{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/refuges-childrens-homes-and-foster-placements-regulations-1991/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/refuges-childrens-homes-and-foster-placements-regulations-1991/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1507",
  "legislation_title": "The Refuges (Children’s Homes and Foster Placements) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/refuges-childrens-homes-and-foster-placements-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Requirements",
  "text": "–\n(1) The provisions of this regulation shall apply while a certificate is in force with respect to a home or a foster parent.\n(2) A child may not be provided with a refuge unles it appears to the person providing that refuge that the child is at risk of harm unless the child is or continues to be provided with a refuge.\n(3) As soon as is reasonably practicable after admitting a child to a home for the purpose of providing a refuge or after a foster parent provides a refuge for a child, and in any event within 24 hours of such provision, the person providing the refuge for the child shall–\n(a) notify the designated officer that a child has been admitted to the home, or provided with refuge by a foster parent, together with the telephone number by which the person providing the refuge for the child may be contacted,\n(b) if he knows the child’s name, notify the designated officer of that name, and\n(c) if he knows the child’s last permanent address, notify the designated officer of that address.\n(4) Where subsequently the person providing the refuge discovers the child’s name or last permanent address he shall immediately notify the designated officer accordingly.\n(5) As soon as is reasonably practicable after providing the refuge for the child, and in any event within 24 hours of becoming aware of the identity of the responsible person for the child, the person providing the refuge shall give to the designated officer the name and address of the responsible person.\n(6) The requirements of paragraph (7) of this regulation shall apply where the designated officer has been notified or is otherwise aware–\n(a) that a child is being provided with a refuge, and\n(b) of the name and address of a responsible person.\n(7) The designated officer shall–\n(a) inform the responsible person\n(i) that the child is being provided with a refuge,\n(ii) by whom the refuge is being provided,\n(b) notify the responsible person of a telephone number by which the person providing the refuge for the child may be contacted,\n(c) not disclose to any person the address of the place at which the refuge is provided.\n(8) Where a child ceases to be provided with a refuge, the person who provided him with the refuge shall notify the designated officer.\n(9) No child shall be provided with a refuge in any one place for a continuous period of more than 14 days or for more than 21 days in any period of 3 months.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1507/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:42:04.366029+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."
}