Regulation 2 Amendment of the Children’s Homes Regulations 1991

The Children’s Homes Regulations 1991 ^f1 shall be amended by inserting after regulation 3A, the following regulation—

“Exemption from registration as a children’s home

3B

(1)

Subject to section 63(12) and Schedule 7 to the Act (Foster parents: limits on number of foster children), any home in which a child is cared for and accommodated by a person who—

(a)

is a local authority foster parent in relation to the child; or

(b)

is a foster parent with whom the child has been placed by a voluntary organisation; or

(c)

fosters the child privately,

is so far as the provision of care and accommodation for that child is concerned, exempt from the definition of a “children’s home” in section 63(3) of the Act.”