{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-accommodation-scotland-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-accommodation-scotland-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/841",
  "legislation_title": "The Secure Accommodation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-accommodation-scotland-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Substitution of new regulation 4 in the principal Regulations",
  "text": "For regulation 4 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following:—\n“Welfare of children in secure accommodation\n4 (1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, the managers in consultation with the person in charge of a residential establishment providing secure accommodation shall ensure that a child placed and kept in such accommodation receives such provision for his care, development and control as shall be conducive to the child’s best interests.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) above the managers and person in charge shall comply with such requirements of Part II of the 1987 Regulations as apply to them and their establishments.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/841/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:06:53.879561+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."
}