# The Care Planning and Fostering (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2015, 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—
(a) C’s plan for permanence is foster care,
(b) F has agreed to act as C’s foster parent until C ceases to be looked after, and
(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);”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/495/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-planning-and-fostering-miscellaneous-amendments-england-regulations-2015/regulation-3
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