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9.—(1) A private foster carer must notify the appropriate local authority of—
(a)any change of his address;
(b)any further offence of which he or a person who is part of or employed at his household has been convicted;
(c)any further disqualification imposed on him or a person who is part of or employed at his household under section 68 of the Act;
(d)any person who begins to be part of or employed at his household, and any offence of which that person has been convicted, and any disqualification or prohibition imposed on him under section 68 or 69 of the Act or under any previous enactment of either of those sections; and
(e)any person who ceases to be part of or employed at his household.
(2) A notification under paragraph (1) must be given—
(a)in advance if practicable;
(b)in any other case, not more than 48 hours after the change of circumstances.
(3) If the private foster carer’s new address is in the area of another local authority, or of a local authority in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, the authority to whom the notification is given under this regulation must pass on to the authority for the area—
(a)the name and new address of the private foster carer;
(b)the name of the child who is being fostered privately; and
(c)the name and address of the child’s parents or any other person who has parental responsibility for him.
(4) The parent of a privately fostered child, and any other person who has parental responsibility for the child, who knows that the child is being fostered privately, must notify the appropriate local authority of any change of his own address.
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