# Children Act 1989, Paragraph 12


Regulations under section 23(2)(a) may, in particular, make provision—
(a) with regard to the welfare of children placed with local authority foster parents;
(b) as to the arrangements to be made by local authorities in connection with the health and education of such children;
(c) as to the records to be kept by local authorities;
(d) for securing that a child is not placed with a local authority foster parent unless that person is for the time being approved as a local authority foster parent by such local authority as may be prescribed;
(e) for securing that where possible the local authority foster parent with whom a child is to be placed is—
(i) of the same religious persuasion as the child; or
(ii) gives an undertaking that the child will be brought up in that religious persuasion;
(f) for securing that children placed with local authority foster parents, and the premises in which they are accommodated, will be supervised and inspected by a local authority and that the children will be removed from those premises if their welfare appears to require it;
(g) as to the circumstances in which local authorities may make arrangements for duties imposed on them by the regulations to be discharged, on their behalf.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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