The Children Act 1989 and the Care Standards Act 2000 (Miscellaneous Regulations) (Amendment) (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2002

Amendment of the Arrangements for Placement of Children (General) Regulations 1991

5.—(1) The Arrangements for the Placement of Children (General) Regulations 1991(1) are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulations 1(2), 2(1), 5(1), 6, 10(2) and (3) and 11, and in paragraph 5 of Schedule 4, in each place in which they occur, for the words “registered children’s home” substitute “private children’s home”.

(3) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation), in the definition of “placement”, in both paragraph (a) and (b), for “(b), (c), (d)” substitute “(aa)”(2).

(4) In regulation 2(2) (application of regulations) for the words after “voluntary organisation”, substitute “, in a school which is a children’s home within the meaning of section 1(6) of the Care Standards Act 2000.”.

(5) In regulation 11 (access by guardians ad litem to records and register), and in the heading to that regulation, for “guardian ad litem” substitute “officer of the service”(3).

(6) In Schedule 3 (educational considerations to which responsible authorities are to have regard), in paragraph 4—

(a) for “Education Act 1981” substitute “Education Act 1996”(4); and

(b) for “section 7” substitute “section 324”.

(1)

S.I. 1991/890, as amended by S.I. 1991/2033, S.I. 1993/3069, S.I. 1995/2015 and S.I. 1997/649.

(2)

The provisions substituted are references to provisions of the Children Act 1989 that were themselves substituted by section 116 of, and paragraph 14(1), (3) and (8) of Schedule 4 to, the Care Standards Act 2000.

(3)

Section 105(1) of the Children Act 1989 provides that “officer of the service” has the same meaning as in the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43). See section 11(3) of that Act.

(4)

1996 c. 56.