{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-care-order-secure-accommodation-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-care-order-secure-accommodation-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/294",
  "legislation_title": "The Residential Care Order (Secure Accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-care-order-secure-accommodation-scotland-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Detention in secure accommodation",
  "text": "(1) A child to whom these Regulations apply shall be liable to be detained in secure accommodation only where the Director of Social Work of the appropriate local authority and the person in charge of the residential establishment providing that secure accommodation are satisfied that—\n(a) he has a history of absconding, and—\n(i) is likely to abscond unless he is kept in secure accommodation; and\n(ii) if he absconds, it is likely that his physical, mental or moral welfare will be at risk; or\n(b) he is likely to injure himself or other persons unless he is kept in secure accommodation; and in either case it is in the child’s best interests that he be kept in secure accommodation.\n(2) Where paragraph (1) applies, the child shall be placed in secure accommodation only at such times as the person in charge of the residential establishment providing the secure accommodation with the agreement of the Director of Social Work considers necessary.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/294/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:11:19.683773+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."
}