The Placement of Children with Parents etc Regulations 1991

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Placement of Children withParents etc Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 14th October1991.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwiserequires—

“the Act” means the Children Act 1989;

“area authority” means, in relation to a child who is or is to be placed, the localauthority(1) in whose area the child is or is to be placed where thechild is in the care of a different authority;

“guardian ad litem” means a guardian ad litem appointed pursuant to section 41 of theAct (representation of child and his interests in certain proceedings)or under rules made under section 65 of the Adoption Act 1976(2) (panels for selection of guardians and litem andreporting officers);

“placement” means allowing a child who is in the care of a local authority tolive pursuant to section 23(5) of the Act (placement of a child in carewith parents etc.) with

(a)

a parent of the child,

(b)

a person who is not a parent of the child but who has parentalresponsibility for him, or

(c)

where there was a residence order in force with respect to himimmediately before the care order was made a person in whose favour theresidence order was made,

and the expressions“place” and“placed” shall be construed accordingly and“placed with” a person means being allowed to live with that person pursuant tothat section;

“placement decision” means a decision to place a child which is made in accordance withregulation 5(2) (placement decisions by director of social services ornominated person);

“supervisory duties” means the duties imposed by regulation 9 (support and supervisionof placements).

(3) Any notice required under these Regulations is to be in writing andany such notice may be sent by post.

(4) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwiserequires—

(a) any reference to a numbered regulation is to the regulation inthese Regulations bearing that number and any reference in a regulationto a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that regulation bearingthat number;

(b) any reference to a numbered Schedule is to the Schedule to theseRegulations bearing that number.

(1)

authority is defined in section 105(1) of the Act asthe council of a county, a metropolitan district, a London Borough orthe Common Council of the City of London. Pursuant to section 2 of theLocal Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), local authorityfunctions under the Children Act 1989 stand referred to the socialservices committee of a local authority.

(2)

1976 c. 36.