Regulation 2 Amendment of the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations 1991

(1)

Regulation 3 of the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations 1991^f1 (approval of foster parents) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (4A)—

(a)

for “A person” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4B) a person”;

(b)

for the words “over the age of 18” substitute “aged 18 or over”.

(c)

in sub-paragraph (a) after the words “specified offence” insert the words “committed at the age of 18 or over”.

(3)

After paragraph (4A) insert the following paragraph—

“(4B)

A local authority or a voluntary organisation may regard a person to whom paragraph (4A) would, apart from this paragraph, apply, as suitable to act (or to continue to act) as a foster parent in relation to a particular named child or children if it is satisfied that the welfare of that child or children requires it, and either—

(a)

the person or a member of his household is a relative^f2 of the child; or

(b)

the person is already acting as a foster parent for the child.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1991/910, as amended by S.I. 1995/2015, S.I. 1997/2308 and S.I. 1999/2768.
f2: “Relative” is defined in section 105(1) of the Children Act 1989.