PART VIIIVOLUNTARY HOMES AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
Voluntary homes
Persons disqualified from carrying on, or being employed in, voluntary homes78.
(1)
A person who is disqualified (under Article 109) from fostering a child privately shall not carry on, or be otherwise concerned in the management of, or have any financial interest in, a voluntary home unless he has—
(a)
disclosed to the F1RQIA the fact that he is so disqualified; and
(b)
obtainedF2 its consent in writing.
(2)
No person shall employ a person who is so disqualified in a voluntary home unless he has—
(a)
disclosed to the F1RQIA the fact that that person is so disqualified; and
(b)
obtainedF2 its consent in writing.
(3)
WhereF2 the F1RQIA refuses to give its consent under this Article,F2 it shall inform the applicant by a notice which states—
(a)
the reason for the refusal;
F2(b)
the applicant's right to appeal under Article 78A against the refusal to the Care Tribunal; and
(c)
the time within which he may do so.
(4)
Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.
(5)
Where a person contravenes paragraph (2) he shall not be guilty of an offence if he proves that he did not know, and had no reasonable grounds for believing, that the person whom he was employing was disqualified under Article 109.