The Children (Representations, Placements and Reviews) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1991

Amendments to the Representations Procedure (Children) Regulations 1991

2.  The Representations Procedure (Children) Regulations 1991(1) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in regulation 4(2) (recording oral representations in writing), for the words from “agree that” to the end of the sentence, there shall be substituted the words “comment on the accuracy of the record.”;

(b) after regulation 4(2), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(2A) The authority shall consider any comments made by the complainant under paragraph (2) and shall make any amendments to the record which they consider to be necessary.”;

(c) for regulation 4(3) there shall be substituted—

“(3) For the purposes of the following provisions of these Regulations, the written record referred to in paragraph (2), as amended where appropriate in accordance with paragraph (2A), shall be deemed to be the representations.”;

(d) in regulation 9(3) (local authority consideration of what action to take), for the word “decisions” there shall be substituted “discussions”;

(e) in regulation 12(2) (application of Regulations to representations by foster parents), for the words “Part I and III”, there shall be substituted “Parts I to III”.

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S.I. 1991/894.