The Children’s Homes and Looked after Children (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2013

Amendment of the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010

18.  In regulation 11—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), a decision to place C outside the area of the responsible authority (including a placement outside England)—

(a) must not be put into effect until it has been approved by a nominated officer, or

(b) in the case of a proposed placement which is also at a distance, must not be put into effect until it has been approved by the director of children’s services.”;

(b) in paragraph (2)—

(i) after “the nominated officer” insert “or, as the case may be, the director of children’s services”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (d) substitute—

“(d) in the case of a decision falling within—

(i) paragraph (1)(a), the area authority have been notified, or

(ii) paragraph (1)(b), the area authority have been consulted and have been provided with a copy of C’s care plan, and”;

(c) after paragraph (4) insert—

“(5) In this regulation “at a distance” means outside the area of the responsible authority and not within the area of any adjoining local authority.”.