Regulation 3 Amendment of the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) in the appropriate places insert—

• ““long term foster placement” means an arrangement made by the responsible authority for C to be placed with F where—

  1. (a)

     C’s plan for permanence is foster care,

  2. (b)

     F has agreed to act as C’s foster parent until C ceases to be looked after, and

  3. (c)

     the responsible authority has confirmed the nature of the arrangement to F, P and C,

  and any reference to the responsible authority placing C in such a placement includes, where C is already placed with F, leaving C with F in a long term foster placement;;”;

• ““plan for permanence” has the meaning given in regulation 5(1)(a);”.