SCHEDULE 7 Foster Parents: Limits on Number of Foster Children
Children Act 1989 (1989 c 41) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 7 Foster Parents: Limits on Number of Foster Children

Section 63(12)

Interpretation

1

For the purposes of this Schedule, a person fosters a child if—

(a)     he is a local authority foster parent in relation to the child;

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

(c)     he fosters the child privately.

The usual fostering limit

2

Subject to what follows, a person may not foster more than three children (“the usual fostering limitâ€).

Siblings

3

A person may exceed the usual fostering limit if the children concerned are all siblings with respect to each other.

Exemption by local authority

4

(1)     A person may exceed the usual fostering limit if he is exempted from it by the local authority within whose area he lives.

(2)

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