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(1)A child who runs away from an approved home to which he or she has been committed or from a person in whose care the child has been placed on emergency or committed by the court on a care order may, pending investigation—
(a)be brought back to the approved home or the person from which or from whom the child run away; or
(b)be put in an alternative approved home or place of safety.
(2)As soon as possible, the child shall be interviewed by the probation and social welfare officer or an authorised person who shall also interview the warden of the home or the person in whose care the child had been placed.
(3)The child may then be returned to where he or she had been placed or, if that is not in the child's best interests, he or she may be moved by the probation and social welfare officer under a care order or otherwise returned to court for variation or discharge of the order.
A child who runs away from a children's home or foster care can be brought back or placed in a safe alternative while investigations happen. The child...
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