Section 74 Inspection of children’s homes etc. by persons authorised by Secretary of State.

any community home provided by a local authority under section 34 of this Act;

any voluntary home (whether a community home or not);

any premises in which a child is living with a person (other than his parent, guardian, relative or custodian) with whom he has been placed by an adoption agency within the meaning of section 1 of the M1Adoption Act 1976;

any other premises at which one or more children in the care of a local authority are being accommodated and maintained;

any other premises at which one or more children are being boarded out by a voluntary organisation, and

any other premises where a protected child within the meaning of Part III of the M2Adoption Act 1976 or a foster child within the meaning of the M3Foster Children Act 1980, or a child to whom any of the provisions of the said Act of 1980 are extended by section 17 or 18 thereof, is being accommodated or maintained.