Prospective
Welfare of children who will be privately fosteredN.I.
140.—(1) Article 108 of the Children Order (welfare of privately fostered children) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a)—
(i)after “who are” insert “or are proposed to be”;
(ii)after “is being” insert “or will be”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (b) for “caring for” substitute “concerned with”.
(3) After paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) Regulations under paragraph (2)(b) may impose requirements as to the action to be taken by an authority for the purposes of discharging the authority’s duty under paragraph (1) where the authority has received notification that a child is proposed to be privately fostered.”.
(4) In paragraph (3)—
(a)after “visit privately fostered children” insert “or children who are proposed to be privately fostered”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (a) omit “or”;
(c)at the end of sub-paragraph (b) add
“or
(c)it is proposed to accommodate any child who is proposed to be privately fostered in any such premises,”.
(5) In paragraph (5)—
(a)after “who is” insert “or is proposed to be”;
(b)after “is being” insert “or will be”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 140 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 160(1)