Regulation 4 Time when each case to be reviewed

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 4(3) words substituted by Integrated Family Support Teams (Review of Cases) 2010 reg. 9(2)
reg. 4(1) words omitted by Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and Care Planning, Placement and Case Review 2016 reg. 7(4)(a)
reg. 4(3) substituted by Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and Care Planning, Placement and Case Review 2016 reg. 7(4)(b)
reg. 4(3) words omitted by Care Planning and Case Review 2017 reg. 2(3)
reg. 4(3)(a)(b) inserted by Care Planning and Case Review 2017 reg. 2(3)

(1)

Each case must first be reviewed within four weeks of the date on which the child begins to be looked after or provided with accommodation by the responsible authority.

(2)

The second review must be carried out no more than three months after the first and thereafter subsequent reviews must be carried out no more than six months after the date of the previous review.

(3)

Nothing in this regulation prevents the responsible authority from reviewing the case before the time specified in paragraph (1) or (2) and, in particular, they must do so if the independent reviewing officer so directs.

(4)

This regulation is subject to regulation 12 (application of regulations to short periods).