Regulation 2 Amendment of the Principal Regulations

In regulation 2(1) of the Principal Regulations, within the definition of “placing authority”, for (a) and (b) there shall be substituted—

“(a)

in the case of a child where the arrangements for providing the accommodation are made by an HSC^f1 trust or a body exercising equivalent functions outside Northern Ireland, that HSC trust or body;

(b)

in the case of a child where the arrangements for providing the accommodation are not made by an HSC trust or a body exercising equivalent functions outside Northern Ireland—

(i)

if the arrangements are made by a voluntary organisation, that voluntary organisation;

(ii)

in any other case, the child’s parent;”

In regulation 33(2) of the Principal Regulations, the words “children accommodated in the home and their parents or” shall be omitted.