3.—(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 2000(1)
(3) These Regulations do not apply to any placement of a child for adoption.
(4) These regulations apply in relation to Wales.