http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2003/431/article/9The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-15Expert Participation2022-04-01 The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003art. 15(2)(e)(f)Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022Sch. 3 para. 62s. 160(1) The Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 PART III91Paragraphs (2) to (5) have effect for the purposes of this Order.2An establishment is a children's home (subject to paragraphs (3) and (4)) if it provides care and accommodation wholly or mainly for children.3An establishment is not a children's home merely because a child is cared for and accommodated there by a parent or relative of his or by a foster parent.4An establishment is not a children's home if it is—aa hospital;ba school;ca residential care home;da nursing home;ea juvenile justice centre;fused primarily for the accommodation of homeless persons; orgused primarily for or in connection with the provision of cultural, recreational, leisure, social or physical activities,or if it is of a description excepted by regulations.5For the purposes of this Article a person is a foster parent in relation to a child if—ahe is an authority foster parent in relation to the child;bhe is a foster parent with whom a child has been placed by a voluntary organisation under Article 75(1)(a) of the Children Order; orche fosters the child privately.