SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5FOSTER PARENTS: LIMITS ON NUMBER OF FOSTER CHILDREN
Effects of exceeding fostering limit
5.
(1)
A person shall cease to be treatedF1 for the purposes of this Order and the Health and Personal Social Services (Quality, Improvement and Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 as fostering and shall be treated as carrying on a children's home if—
(a)
he exceeds the usual fostering limit; or
(b)
where he is exempted under paragraph 4—
(i)
he fosters any child not named in the exemption; and
(ii)
in so doing, he exceeds the usual fostering limit.
(2)
Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply if the children concerned are all siblings in respect of each other.