Application of Regulations3.
(1)
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) these Regulations apply to placements—
(a)
by a local authority of any child;
(b)
by a voluntary organisation of a child who is not looked after by a local authority;
(c)
in a private children’s home of a child who is neither looked after by a local authority nor accommodated in such a home by a voluntary organisation, by a person carrying on the home.
(2)
These Regulations do not apply to the placement of a child, otherwise than by a local authority or voluntary organisation in a school which is a children’s home within the meaning of section 1(6) of the Care Standards Act 20008
(3)
These Regulations do not apply to any placement of a child for adoption.
(4)
These regulations apply in relation to Wales.