# The Refuges for Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996, Regulation 6: Approval of other residential establishments as refuges


A local authority shall, before giving approval under regulation 5, satisfy itself that–
(a) the establishment or the specified part of it is a suitable place in which to provide refuge for a child, and has accommodation and facilities suitable for that purpose;
(b) the person carrying on the establishment (or the specified part of the establishment) or, where that person is not the manager of the establishment, the manager, is a suitable person to have responsibility for a child while refuge is being provided for the child at the establishment; and
(c) appropriate services to safeguard the child being provided with refuge are available to the child while taking refuge in the establishment or the specified part of it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3259/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/refuges-for-children-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-6
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