Regulation 78 Persons who are not persons with careI1
England, Wales and Scotland
The following categories of person are not persons with care for the purposes of the 1991 Act—
a local authority;
a person with whom a child who is looked after by a local authority is placed by that authority under the provisions of the Children Act 1989, except where that person is a parent of such a child and the local authority allow the child to live with that parent under section 22C(2) F1... of that Act M1;
in Wales, a person with whom a child who is looked after by a local authority is placed by that authority under the provisions of Part 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, except where that person is a parent of such a child and the local authority allow the child to live with that parent under section 81(2) of that Act.
In paragraph (1)—
“a child who is looked after by a local authority” has the same meaning as in section 22 of the Children Act 1989 or section 17(6) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 F4or section 74 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 as the case may be;
“family” means a family other than a family defined in section 93(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Pt. 6 reg. 78(1)(b) omitted (3.11.2017) by virtue of The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 28(3)
- F2
Words in Pt. 6 reg. 78(1)(c) substituted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 14(5)(a)
- F3
Words in Pt. 6 reg. 78(1)(c) inserted (7.11.2017) by The Social Security and Child Support (Care Payments and Tenant Incentive Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/995), regs. 1, 19(2)
- F4
Words in Pt. 6 reg. 78(2) inserted (3.11.2017) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/901), arts. 1, 14(5)(b)
Marginal citations
- M1
1989 c. 41. Section 22C(2) was inserted prospectively by section 8 of the Children Act 2008 (c. 23); when it is in force, it will replace section 23(5).
- M2
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 78 wholly in force; reg. 78 not in force at made date; reg. 78 in force at 29.7.2013 for certain purposes and reg. 78 in force at 25.11.2013 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1, SI 2013/1860 and S.I. 2013/2947