1Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Children’s Homes Amendment Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.
(2)In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Children Act 1989.
(3)These Regulations extend to England only.
2Amendment of the Children’s Homes Regulations 1991#
(1)The Children’s Homes Regulations 1991 shall be amended by inserting after regulation 3A, the following regulation—“3B 1 Subject to section 63(12) and Schedule 7 to the Act (Foster parents: limits on numbers of foster children), any home in which a child is cared for and accommodated by a person who—a is a local authority foster parent in relation to the child; orb is a foster parent with whom the child has been placed by a voluntary organisation; orc fosters the child privately,is so far as the provision of care and accommodation for that child is concerned, exempt from the definition of “a children’s home” in section 63(3) of the Act.”
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