# The Refuges for Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996, Regulation 4: Designation of refuges: local authority establishments and foster households


A local authority shall, before making a designation under regulation 3, satisfy itself that–
(a) the establishment or, as the case may be, the household is a suitable place in which to provide refuge for a child, and has accommodation and facilities suitable for that purpose;
(b) the officer in charge of that establishment or as the case may be the person whose household is approved is a suitable person to have responsibility for a child while refuge is being provided for the child at the establishment or household; and
(c) appropriate services to safeguard a child being provided with refuge are available to the child while taking refuge at that establishment or household.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3259/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/refuges-for-children-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-4
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