Statutory Instruments
2000 No. 2764
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND
Children’s Homes Amendment Regulations 2000
Made
10th October 2000
Laid before Parliament
10th October 2000
Coming into force
1st January 2001
The Secretary of State for Health in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 63(3) of the Children Act 1989( 1 ) and all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent
1. —(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.
Amendment of the Children’s Homes Regulations 1991
2. —(1)The Children’s Homes Regulations 1991( 2 ) shall be amended by inserting after regulation 3A, the following regulation—
“ 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
1989 c. 41 . The power is exercisable by the Secretary of State in relation to England. Its exercise in relation to Wales has been transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by article 2 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672 .
S.I. 1991 No. 1506 . The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1993 No. 3069 .