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.