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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/review-of-childrens-cases-regulations-1991/regulation-6",
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  "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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Health reviews",
  "text": "The responsible authority shall make arrangements for a child whocontinues to be looked after or provided with accommodation by them tobe examined by a registered medical practitioner and for a writtenassessment on the state of health of the child and his need for healthcare to be made–\n(a) at least once in every period of six months before the child'ssecond birthday, and\n(b) at least once in every period of twelve months after the child'ssecond birthday,\nunless the child is of sufficient understanding and he refuses tosubmit to the examination.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2002/3013",
      "affecting_title": "The Arrangements for Placement of Children (General) and the Review of Children’s Cases (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2002/546",
      "affecting_title": "Children Act (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2002"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/895/regulation/6",
    "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."
}