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9.—(1) The managers shall arrange for notification to be given to the parent or guardian of a child, if his whereabouts are known, and to the care authority responsible for the child’s welfare of any case in which a child resident in the establishment—
(a)dies; or
(b)suffers from any injury or illness likely to result in death or any serious disability; or
(c)runs away, or without lawful authority is taken away, from the residential establishment.
(2) Where paragraph (1)(a) applies the managers shall also without delay inform the relevant registering authority, if different from the care authority responsible for the child’s welfare, where the residential establishment is one registered for the purposes of section 61 or 61A of the Act.
(3) Where a care authority receives notice that a child has died, it shall without delay inform the Secretary of State and shall supply to the Secretary of State such further information about the circumstances of the occurrence as he may require.
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