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.