# The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1989 Act” means the Children Act 1989;
“the 2000 Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000;
“adoption agency” has the meaning given in section 2(1) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002;
“approval” means approval as a foster parent in accordance with regulation 27 and references to a person being approved are to be construed accordingly;
“area authority”, in relation to a child, means the local authority in whose area the child is placed, or is to be placed, where that authority is not the responsible authority;
“care plan” means the plan for the future care of a child prepared in accordance with Part 2 of the Care Planning Regulations;
“the Care Planning Regulations” means the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 ;
“Chief Inspector” means Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills ;
“child protection enquiries” has the meaning given in regulation 12(5);
“children's guide” has the meaning given in regulation 3(3);
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“early years provider” has the meaning given in section 96 of the Childcare Act 2006 ;
“foster care agreement” has the meaning given in regulation 27(5)(b);
“foster parent” means a person who—
(i)is approved as a foster parent under these Regulations, and
(ii)except in regulations 25 to 30, includes a person with whom a child is placed under regulation 24 of the Care Planning Regulations (temporary approval of a relative, friend or other person connected with the child) or regulation 25A of those Regulations (temporary approval of prospective adopter as foster parent);
“fostering agency” has the meaning given in section 4(4) of the 2000 Act ;
“fostering panel” means a panel constituted in accordance with regulation 23;
“fostering service” means—
(i)a fostering agency, or
(ii)a local authority fostering service;
“fostering service provider” means—
(i)in relation to a fostering agency, a registered person, or
(ii)in relation to a local authority fostering service, a local authority;
“independent fostering agency” means a fostering agency falling within section 4(4)(a) of the 2000 Act ;
“integrated care board” means an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of the National Health Service Act 2006;
“IRO” means the independent reviewing officer appointed for a child under section 25A(1) of the 1989 Act ;
“Disclosure and Barring Service” means the body established by section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012;
“later years provider” has the meaning given in section 96 of the Childcare Act 2006;
“local authority fostering service” means the discharge by a local authority of “relevant fostering functions” within the meaning of section 43(3)(b) of the 2000 Act ;
“organisation” means a body corporate or any unincorporated association other than a partnership;
“parent”, in relation to a child, includes any person who has parental responsibility for the child;
“parent and child arrangements” means arrangements made by a local authority for a parent and their child to live with a foster parent, whether or not the parent or the child is placed with the foster parent;
“placement” means any placement of a child with foster parents made—
(i)by a local authority under section 22C of the 1989 Act, or
(ii)by a voluntary organisation under section 59(1)(a) of the 1989 Act,
which is not a placement for adoption, and includes a placement arranged by an independent fostering agency acting on behalf of a local authority, and references to a child who is placed are to be construed accordingly;
“placement plan” means the plan for the placement of a child prepared in accordance with regulation 9 of the Care Planning Regulations;
“placing authority”, in relation to a child, means the local authority or voluntary organisation (as the case may be) responsible for the child's placement;
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“registered manager”, in relation to a fostering agency, means a person who is registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Act as the manager of the fostering agency;
“registered person”, in relation to a fostering agency, means a person who is the registered provider or the registered manager of the fostering agency;
“registered provider”, in relation to a fostering agency, means a person who is registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Act as the person carrying on the fostering agency;
“responsible authority”, in relation to a child, means the local authority that looks after the child ;
“responsible individual” has the meaning given in regulation 5(1)(d);
“statement of purpose” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1); and
“working day” means any day other than—
(a)a Saturday or a Sunday,
(b)Christmas day or Good Friday, or
(c)a bank holiday in England and Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;
“X” has the meaning given in regulation 26(1).
(2) In these Regulations, references to employing a person include employing a person whether or not for payment, and whether under a contract of service or a contract for services, and allowing a person to work as a volunteer, but do not include allowing a person to act as a foster parent, and references to an employee or to a person being employed are to be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/581/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fostering-services-england-regulations-2011/regulation-2
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