# The Children (Leaving Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Regulation 2: Eligible children

Extent: N.I.

(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/221/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-leaving-care-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-2
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