PART 6LOOKED AFTER AND ACCOMMODATED CHILDREN
Leaving care, accommodation and fostering
C1I1105Keeping in touch
1
The responsible local authority for a category 2 or category 3 young person must take reasonable steps to keep in touch with that person, whether the person is within its area or not.
2
If the responsible local authority for a category 2 or category 3 young person has lost touch with that person it must—
a
consider how to re-establish contact, and
b
take reasonable steps to do so.
3
In the case of a category 2 young person, the responsible local authority must discharge its duty under subsection (2) without delay and continue to take reasonable steps to re-establish contact until it succeeds.
4
In the case of a category 3 young person, the duties under subsections (1) and (2) are subject to section 111.
5
The responsible local authority for a category 6 young person falling within that category by virtue of section 104(3)(a) must take reasonable steps to contact the young person at such times as it thinks appropriate with a view to discharging its functions under section 115.