Amendment of the Children’s Homes Regulations 1991
2.—(1) The Children’s Homes Regulations 1991 (1) shall be amended by inserting after regulation 3A, the following regulation—
“Exemption from registration as a children’s home
3B.—(1) Subject to section 63(12) and Schedule 7 to the Act (Foster parents: limits on number of foster children), any home in which a child is cared for and accommodated by a person who—
(a)is a local authority foster parent in relation to the child; or
(b)is a foster parent with whom the child has been placed by a voluntary organisation; or
(c)fosters the child privately,
is so far as the provision of care and accommodation for that child is concerned, exempt from the definition of a “children’s home” in section 63(3) of the Act.”
(1)
S.I. 1991 No.1506. The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1993 No.3069.