{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/review-of-childrens-cases-regulations-1991/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/review-of-childrens-cases-regulations-1991/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/895",
  "legislation_title": "Review of Children’s Cases Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/review-of-childrens-cases-regulations-1991",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Application of Regulations to short periods",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to cases in which a child is looked after orprovided with accommodation by a responsible authority for a series ofshort periods at the same place where the following conditions aresatisfied–\n(a) all the periods are included within a period which does not exceedone year;\n(b) no single period is for a duration of more than four weeks; and\n(c) the total duration of the periods does not exceed 90 days.\n(2) Cases to which this regulation applies may be treated as a singlecase of a child being looked after or provided with accommodation by aresponsible authority for the purpose of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1995/2015",
      "affecting_title": "The Children (Short-term Placements)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1995"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/895/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:46:10.391915+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."
}