60Registration and regulation of voluntary homes
(1)No voluntary home shall be carried on unless it is registered in a register to be kept for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of State.
(2)The register may be kept by means of a computer.
(3)In this Act “voluntary home” means any home or other institution providing care and accommodation for children which is carried on by a voluntary organisation but does not include—
(a)a nursing home, mental nursing home or residential care home;
(b)a school;
(c)any health service hospital;
(d)any community home;
(e)any home or other institution provided, equipped and maintained by the Secretary of State; or
(f)any home which is exempted by regulations made for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of State.
(4)Schedule 5 shall have effect for the purpose of supplementing the provisions of this Part.