The Children’s Homes (Wales) Regulations 2002

Statement of purpose and children’s guide E+W

4.—(1) The registered person shall compile in relation to the children’s home a statement written on paper which shall consist of a statement as to the matters listed in Schedule 1 (“the statement of purpose”).

(2) The registered person shall provide a copy of the statement of purpose to the appropriate office of the National Assembly and shall make a copy of it available upon request for inspection at any reasonable time by—

(a) any person who works at the children’s home;

(b) any child accommodated in the children’s home;

(c) subject to paragraph (3), the parent of any child accommodated in the children’s home;

(d) the placing authority of any child accommodated in the home; and

(e) in the case of a qualifying school, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales, and any person exercising a function of the National Assembly under the education legislation in relation to the school;

and in this paragraph references to a child who is accommodated in the children’s home includes a child in respect of whom accommodation in the children’s home is being considered.

(3) The registered person shall not comply with paragraph 2(c) in relation to a child if there is a court order that restricts or limits contact between the child and his or her parent and it is necessary to restrict the availability of the statement, or any part of it, for the purpose of safeguarding or promoting the welfare of the child.

(4) In this regulation 'education legislation' means the Education Acts (as defined by section 578 of the Education Act 1996(1)).

(5) The registered person shall produce a guide to the children’s home in a form appropriate to the age, understanding and communication needs of the children to be accommodated in the home (“the children’s guide”) which shall include—

(a) a summary of the home’s statement of purpose;

(b) a summary of the complaints procedure established under regulation 24;

(c) the address and telephone number of the appropriate office of the National Assembly and of an office of the Children’s Commissioner for Wales.

(6) The registered person shall—

(a) provide a copy of the first children’s guide to the appropriate office of the National Assembly;

(b) provide a copy of the current version of the children’s guide to each child and to the child’s placing authority when the child is first accommodated in the home; and

(c) subsequent to the provision described in sub-paragraph (b) provide further copies at the request of the child or the placing authority.

(7) Subject to paragraph (8) the registered person shall ensure that the children’s home is at all times conducted in a manner which is consistent with its statement of purpose.

(8) Nothing in paragraph (7) or in regulation 30(1) shall require or authorise the registered person to contravene or not comply with—

(a) any other provision of these Regulations; or

(b) the conditions for the time being in force in relation to the registration of the registered person under Part II of the Act.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2002, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

1996 c. 56.