SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7 Foster Parents: Limits on Number of Foster Children
Effect of exceeding fostering limit
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1
A person shall cease to be treated as fostering and shall be treated as carrying on a children’s home if—
a
he exceeds the usual fostering limit; or
b
where he is exempted under paragraph 4,—
i
he fosters any child not named in the exemption; and
ii
in so doing, he exceeds the usual fostering limit.
2
Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the children concerned are all siblings in respect of each other.