SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5N.I.FOSTER PARENTS: LIMITS ON NUMBER OF FOSTER CHILDREN

Effects of exceeding fostering limitN.I.

5.—(1) A person shall cease to be treated[F1 for the purposes of this Order and the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003] as fostering and shall be treated as carrying on a children's home if—N.I.

(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) shall not apply if the children concerned are all siblings in respect of each other.