Regulation 6 Amendment of the Refuges (Children’s Homes and Foster Placements) Regulations 1991

The Refuges (Children’s Homes and Foster Placements) Regulations 1991^f1 shall be amended as follows—

(a)

in regulation 2(1), in the definition of “home” and in regulation 4(2), for the words “registered children’s home” substitute “private children’s home”; and

(b)

in regulation 4(1) (withdrawal of a certificate)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (b), for “Part II of the Children’s Homes Regulations 1991” substitute “Parts III to V of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001^f2”; and

(ii)

for sub-paragraph (c), substitute—

“(c)

where a foster parent providing a refuge fails to comply with any provision of—

(i)

the agreements with him concerning the matters to which paragraphs 7 to 15 of Schedule 5, or paragraphs 4 to 8 of Schedule 6, to the Fostering Services Regulations 2002^f3 apply; or

(ii)

an agreement with him concerning the duties set out in regulation 38(3) of those Regulations in respect of an emergency placement under those Regulations; or”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I.1991/1507.
f2: S.I.2001/3967.
f3: S.I.2002/57.