The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011

Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 581

Children And Young Persons, England

The Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011

Made

2nd March 2011

Laid before Parliament

10th March 2011

Coming into force

1st April 2011

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(1), (2)(a) and (b), (e) to (j), (6), (7)(a) to (h) and (j), 34(1), 48(1)(a) and (c) to (f) and 118(5) to (7) of the Care Standards Act 2000(1), and sections 22C(11), 26(1) and (2), 31A(3), 59(2) and (3A) and 104(4) of, and paragraphs 12A to 12G of Schedule 2 to, the Children Act 1989(2).

In accordance with section 22(9) of the Care Standards Act 2000 the Secretary of State has consulted such persons as were considered appropriate.

(1)

2000 c.14. For the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 121(1). Section 22(2)(e) was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c.23) (“the 2008 Act”), and there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations; section 48(1)(f) was inserted by section 139(1) of, and paragraphs 103 and 114 of Schedule 3 to, the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c.38) (“the 2002 Act”).

(2)

1989 c.41. For the definition of “prescribed” see section 105(1). Section 22C was inserted by section 8(1) of the 2008 Act; section 26(1) was amended by section 39 of, and paragraphs 1 and 16(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to, the 2008 Act and section 26(2) was amended by section 118(1)(a) of the 2002 Act and by section 10(3)(a) of the 2008 Act; section 31A was inserted by section 121(2) of the 2002 Act; section 59(2) was amended by sections 8 and 39 of, and Schedule 4 to, the 2008 Act and section 59(3A) was inserted by paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 1 to the 2008 Act; section 104(4) was amended by section 39 of, and Schedules 3 and 4 to, the 2008 Act; paragraphs 12A to 12G of Schedule 2 were inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the 2008 Act.