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The Placement of Children (Wales) Regulations 2007
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- 2007 No. 310 (W. 27)
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Making of arrangements
4.—(1) Before placing a child the responsible authority must, so far as is reasonably practicable, make immediate and long-term arrangements for that placement, and for promoting the welfare of the child who is to be placed.
(2) Where it is not practicable to make those arrangements before the placement, the responsible authority must make them as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
(3) In the case of a child to whom section 20(11) of the Act applies the arrangements must so far as reasonably practicable be agreed by the responsible authority with the child before a placement is made and if that is not practicable as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
(4) In any other case in which a child is looked after or accommodated but is not in care the arrangements must so far as reasonably practicable be agreed by the responsible authority with—
(a)a person with parental responsibility for the child; or
(b)if there is no such person, the person who is caring for the child before a placement is made and if that is not practicable as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
(5) Any arrangements made by the responsible authority under this regulation must be recorded in writing.
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