Schedule 8 EVENTS AND NOTIFICATIONS
Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
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| Event: | To be notified to: |
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| Commission | Responsible authority | Secretary of State | Area authority | Police | Health Authority |
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| Death of a child placed with foster parents | yes | yes | yes | yes | | yes |
| Referral to the Secretary of State pursuant to section 2(1)(a) of the Protection of Children Act 1999f1 of an individual working for a fostering service | yes | yes | | | | |
| Serious illness or serious accident of a child placed with foster parents | yes | yes | | | | |
| Outbreak at the home of a foster parent of any infectious disease which in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner attending the home is sufficiently serious to be so notified | yes | yes | | | | yes |
| Allegation that a child placed with foster parents has committed a serious offence | | yes | | | yes | |
| Involvement or suspected involvement of a child placed with foster parents in prostitution | yes | yes | | yes | yes | |
| Serious incident relating to a child placed with foster parents necessitating calling the police to the foster parent’s home | yes | yes | | | | |
| Absconding by a child placed with foster parents | | yes | | | | |
| Any serious complaint about any foster parent approved by the fostering agency | yes | yes | | | | |
| Instigation and outcome of any child protection enquiry involving a child placed with foster parents | yes | yes | | | | |