{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulated-services-service-providers-and-responsible-individuals-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulated-services-service-providers-and-responsible-individuals-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-46.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2017/1264",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulated Services (Service Providers and Responsible Individuals) (Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulated-services-service-providers-and-responsible-individuals-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/46",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Single occupancy and shared rooms – children",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where the service provider is providing—\n(a) a care home service which includes the provision of accommodation for individuals who are children, or\n(b) a secure accommodation service.\n(2) If this regulation applies, the service provider must ensure that each child is accommodated in a single room. But this requirement does not apply if the conditions in paragraph (3) are met.\n(3) The conditions are—\n(a) the accommodation is provided in a care home service which was registered as a children's home under the Care Standards Act 2000,\n(b) the accommodation provided was occupied at the time the service provider was registered under the Act,\n(c) the child is sharing a room with no more than one other child,\n(d) (except in the case of siblings) the other child is not of the opposite sex or of a significantly different age to him or her, and\n(e) sharing a room will promote the child's well-being, is provided for in the child's care and support plan and wherever practicable is agreed with the child.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/1264/regulation/46",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:24:38.801027+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."
}