Part 5Child assessment and child protection orders
Obligations of local authority
44Obligations of local authority
(1)
This section applies where, by virtue of a child protection order, a child is removed to a place of safety provided by a local authority.
(2)
Subject to the child protection order, the local authority has the same duties towards the child as the local authority would have by virtue of section 17 of the 1995 Act if the child were looked after by the local authority.