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PART 4E+WPrivate Fostering

Amendment of the Children (Private Arrangements for Fostering) Regulations 2005E+W

5.—(1) The Children (Private Arrangements for Fostering) Regulations 2005 M1 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 4(1) (action to be taken by local authority on receipt of notification of proposal to foster a child privately), after “seven working days” insert “ , or as soon as is reasonably practicable, ”.

(3) In regulation 7(1) (action to be taken by local authority on receipt of notification about a child being fostered privately), after “seven working days” insert “ , or as soon as is reasonably practicable, ”.

(4) In regulation 8(1) (subsequent visits to children who are being fostered privately)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (a) after “fostering arrangement” insert “ , where reasonably practicable ”, and

(b)in sub-paragraph (b) after “subsequent year,” insert “ where reasonably practicable, ”.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 5 in force at 24.4.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 2005/1533. There are no amendments relevant to these Regulations.