Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 2764

Children's Homes Amendment Regulations 2000

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" Exemption from registration as a children's home
     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; or

(b) is a foster parent with whom the child has been placed by a voluntary organisation; or

(c) 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."

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.


John Hutton
Minister of State, Department of Health

10th October 2000

[2] S.I. 1991 No. 1506. The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1993 No. 3069.back