# Children Act 1989, Section 63: Private children’s homes etc.

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(11) Schedule 6 shall have effect with respect to private children’s homes.
(12) Schedule 7 shall have effect for the purpose of setting out the circumstances in which a person may foster more than three children without being treated—
(a) for the purposes of this Act and the Care Standards Act 2000, as carrying on a children’s home ; and
(b) for the purposes of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016, as providing a care home service within the meaning of Part 1 of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/section/63 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989/section-63
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