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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/review-of-childrens-cases-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2007/307",
  "legislation_title": "The Review of Children’s Cases (Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/review-of-childrens-cases-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Time when each case to be reviewed",
  "text": "(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(4) This regulation is subject to regulation 12 (application of regulations to short periods).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2010/1700",
      "affecting_title": "The Integrated Family Support Teams (Review of Cases) (Wales) Regulations 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2016/216",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) and Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2016/216",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) and Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2017/713",
      "affecting_title": "The Care Planning and Case Review (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2017"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2017/713",
      "affecting_title": "The Care Planning and Case Review (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2017"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/307/regulation/4",
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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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