Foster Children Act 1980

Extension of provisions of the Act to other children

17 Extension of Act to certain school children during holidays

(1) Where a child below the upper limit of the compulsory school age resides during school holidays in a school to which this section applies, then, if he so resides for a period exceeding two weeks, the provisions of this Act shall apply in relation to him as if section 2(2)(c) above were omitted, but subject to the modifications specified in subsection (2) below.

(2) Where this Act applies to a child by virtue of subsection (1) above—

(a) subsections (1) to (4) of section 5, sections 6, 9 and 10 above and section 18 below shall not apply; but

(b) the person undertaking the care and maintenance of children in the school during the school holidays shall, not less than two weeks before this Act first applies to a child in that school during those holidays, give written notice to the local authority that children to whom this Act applies will reside in the school during those holidays, and any such notice shall state the estimated number of the children.

(3) A local authority may exempt any person from the duty of giving notices under this section; and any such exemption may be granted for a specified period or indefinitely, and may be revoked at any time by notice in writing given to that person.

(4) This section applies to any school within the meaning of the [1944 c. 31.] Education Act 1944 which is not a school maintained by a local education authority.

18 Extension of Act to certain children above compulsory school age

Where a child is a foster child on attaining the upper limit of the compulsory school age, this Act shall apply in relation to him as it applies in relation to a foster child, until—

(a) he would, apart from that limit, have ceased to be a foster child, or

(b) he reaches the age of 18, or

(c) he lives elsewhere than with the person with whom he was living when he attained the said limit,

whichever first occurs.