Section 8 Exemption of certain institutions from provisions of Act.

Nothing in this Act shall apply to the reception of children in any hospital, or in any such home or other institution as is mentioned in F1section two of the M1Children Act 1958F2section 2 of the M2Foster Children Act 1980.

Nothing in this Act shall apply to the reception of children in any school, notwithstanding that they are received to be looked after and not for the purpose of education.

Nothing in this Act shall apply to the reception of children in a nursery school F3maintained or assisted by a local education authority or in respect of which payments are made by F4the Secretary of State for Education and ScienceF5the Secretary of State for Wales under section one hundred of the M3Education Act 1944, or by the Secretary of State under F6section 75 of the M4Education (Scotland) Act 1962 or which is recognised as efficient by the Secretary of State for Education and Sciencethe Secretary of State for Wales or included in a scheme submitted under section seven and approved by the Secretary of State under section 70 of the said Act of 1962, or to the reception of children in any play centre maintained or assisted by a local education authority under section fifty-three of the said Act of 1944, or by an education authority under section 6 of the said Act of 1962.