Regulation 2 Eligible childrenI1
Northern Ireland
(1)
For the purposes of Article 34A(3)(b) of the Order, the prescribed period is 13 weeks and the prescribed age is 14.
(2)
A child falling within paragraph (3) is not an eligible child despite falling within Article 34A of the Order.
(3)
A child falls within this paragraph if he has been looked after by an authority in circumstances where –
(a)
the authority has arranged to place him in a pre-planned series of short-term placements, none of which individually exceeds four weeks (even though they may amount in all to the prescribed period); and
(b)
at the end of each such placement the child returns to the care of his parent, or a person who is not a parent but who has parental responsibility for him.