Article 2 Amendments to the Childcare (Exemptions from Registration) Order 2008

(1)

Article 3 of the Childcare (Exemptions from Registration) Order 2008^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1)—

(a)

at the end of sub-paragraph (b), omit “or”;

(b)

at the end of sub-paragraph (d), insert “; or”; and

(c)

after sub-paragraph (d), insert—

“(e)
for a child who is placed with a local authority foster parent (“the child’s foster parent”), where the person making the provision is a relevant foster parent who is not the child’s foster parent.”.

(3)

After paragraph (1), insert—

“(2)
In paragraph (1)(e)—

“local authority foster parent” has the same meaning as in section 22C(12) of the Children Act 1989^f2; and

“relevant foster parent” means a person who is approved as a foster parent under the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011^f3.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2008/979, amended by S.I. 2010/744.
f2: 1989 c.41. Section 22C is substituted, together with sections 22A, 22B, 22D-22F, for section 23, by section 8(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23). Section 22C is in force from the 1 April 2011.
f3: S.I. 2011/581. See regulation 27 for the approval of foster parents under those Regulations and note the provisions of regulation 28 in relation to revocation of approval.