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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-establishments-child-care-scotland-regulations-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3256",
  "legislation_title": "The Residential Establishments – Child Care (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-establishments-child-care-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision with respect to residential establishments in which a child who is looked after by a local authority under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 may be placed. They supersede the Social Work (Residential Establishments – Child Care) (Scotland) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/2233).\nPart II of the Regulations deals with the conduct of residential establishments and requires them to be conducted in a way which is conducive to the best interests of the children resident in them (regulation 4). Each establishment is required to prepare a statement of functions and objectives setting out the responsibilities of managers (regulation 5 and the Schedule). Minimum requirements are specified regarding fire precautions, sanctions, log books, records, education and health care (regulations 9-15).\nPart III of the Regulations prescribes the information to be supplied to persons in respect of each child placed in a residential establishment.\nTwo main changes are made to the Regulations. Some of the regulations from the Social Work (Residential Establishments – Child Care) (Scotland) Regulations 1987 have been removed to the Arrangements to Look After Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/3262) which deal with matters relating to the nature, review and termination of placement of such children. A new regulation has been introduced which places a specific duty on managers of residential establishments to have in place procedures for the appointment and vetting of staff (regulation 8).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3256/note",
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  "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."
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