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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Foster Parents: Limits on Number of Foster Children

Effect of exceeding fostering limit

5(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.