{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supported-accommodation-england-regulations-2023/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supported-accommodation-england-regulations-2023/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/416",
  "legislation_title": "The Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/supported-accommodation-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Notification of a serious event",
  "text": "(1) If a child dies, the registered person must without delay notify—\n(a) the CIECSS;\n(b) the accommodating authority;\n(c) the Secretary of State;\n(d) the local authority in whose area the premises used as supported accommodation are located (if that local authority is not the accommodating authority);\n(e) the integrated care board (established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006) for the area in which the premises used as supported accommodation are located;\n(f) any relevant person not included in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e).\n(2) If there is a referral of a person working for the supported accommodation undertaking pursuant to section 35 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, the registered person must without delay notify—\n(a) the CIECSS;\n(b) the accommodating authority;\n(c) any relevant person not included in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b).\n(3) The registered person must notify the CIECSS and any relevant person without delay if—\n(a) a child is involved in or subject to, or is suspected of being involved in or subject to, sexual exploitation or child criminal exploitation;\n(b) an incident requiring police involvement occurs in relation to a child and the registered person considers that incident to be serious;\n(c) there is an allegation of abuse against the supported accommodation undertaking or a person working for it;\n(d) a child protection enquiry—\n(i) is instigated, or\n(ii) concludes (in which case, the notification must include the outcome of the child protection enquiry);\n(e) there is an incident involving the use of a measure of restraint of a child;\n(f) there is any other incident relating to a child which the registered person considers to be serious.\n(4) The registered person must ensure that a notification made under this regulation—\n(a) includes details of—\n(i) the event concerned;\n(ii) any other individuals or organisations who or which have been notified;\n(iii) any actions taken by the registered person as a result of the matter;\n(b) is made or confirmed in writing.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 27 in force at 28.4.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c. 41; Chapter A3 of Part 2 was inserted by the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), sections 19(2), 20(2) and 25(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2006 c. 47; section 35 was amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), Schedule 9, paragraph 61 and S.I. 2012/3006."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/416/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:46:51.516590+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."
}