{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/review-of-childrens-cases-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/review-of-childrens-cases-wales-regulations-2007/regulation-7.json",
  "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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Health reviews",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (5), the responsible authority must, in respect of each child who continues to be looked after or provided with accommodation by them, make arrangements for a registered medical practitioner or a registered nurse, to conduct an assessment, which may include a physical examination, of the child’s state of health—\n(a) at least once, and more frequently if the child’s welfare requires it, in every period of six months before the child’s fifth birthday; and\n(b) at least once, and more frequently if the child’s welfare requires it, in every period of twelve months after the child’s fifth birthday.\n(2) The responsible authority must require the person who carried out the assessment under paragraph (1) to prepare a written report which addresses the matters listed in Schedule 3, with particular reference to the child’s state of mental health.\n(3) The responsible authority must review the plan for the future health of the child prepared in accordance with regulation 8(1)(d) of the Placement of Children (Wales) Regulations 2007 at the intervals set out in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (1).\n(4) The reference in paragraph (3) to a plan for the future health of the child includes a plan prepared in accordance with regulation 7(1)(c) of the Arrangements for Placement of Children (General) Regulations 1991\n(5) Paragraph (1) does not apply if the child, being of sufficient understanding to do so, refuses to consent to the assessment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Placement of Children (Wales) Regulations 2007 (S.I.2007/310 (W.27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Arrangements for Placement of Children (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/890) were revoked and re-enacted in relation to Wales on 1 July 2007 by the Placement of Children (Wales) Regulations 2007 S.I. 2007/310 (W.27)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/307/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:54.436949+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."
}