# The Foster Placement (Children) Regulations 1991, Regulation 9: Short-term placements


(1) This regulation applies to a series of short-term placements of achild with the same foster parent where the following conditions aresatisfied—
(a) all the placements occur within a period which does not exceed oneyear;
(b) no single placement is for a duration of more than four weeks; and
(c) the total duration of the placements does not exceed 90 days.
(2) Any series of short-term placements to which the regulation appliesmay be treated as a single placement for the purposes of this Part ofthese Regulations but with the modification that a visit underregulation 6(1)(a)(i) and (ii) and regulation 16(a) to (c) is to bemade—
(a) during the first in the series of placements; and
(b) again, if more than six months pass from the beginning of thatfirst placement when the child is in fact placed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/910/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foster-placement-children-regulations-1991/regulation-9
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