PART 6LOOKED AFTER AND ACCOMMODATED CHILDREN
Accommodation duties
75General duty of local authority to secure sufficient accommodation for looked after children
(1)
A local authority must take F1all reasonable steps to secure, that the local authority is able to provide the children mentioned in subsection (2) with accommodation that—
F4(aa)
in the case of accommodation with a local authority foster parent, is accommodation with a foster parent who is authorised as such by a person described in section 81A(4)(a),
(ab)
in the case of accommodation in a children’s home, is accommodation in a children’s home in respect of which a person described in section 81A(4)(b) is registered, and
(b)
meets the needs of those children.
(2)
The children referred to in subsection (1) are those—
(a)
that the local authority is looking after,
(b)
in respect of whom the authority is unable to make arrangements under section 81(2), and
(c)
whose circumstances are such that it would be consistent with their well-being for them to be provided with accommodation that is F5within, or is near to, the authority's area.
(3)
In discharging its duty under subsection (1), the local authority must have regard to the benefit of F6there being a range of accommodation that—
(a)
is within, or is near to, the authority’s area, and
(b)
is capable of meeting the differing needs of the children mentioned in subsection (2).
(4)
In this section F7and in section 75A, “children’s home” means a place in Wales at which a children’s home service (within the meaning of section 2A(2) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016) is provided.