SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7 Foster Parents: Limits on Number of Foster Children
Effect of exceeding fostering limit
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This paragraph applies to a person fostering in England.
1
A person shall cease to be treated F1, for the purposes of this Act and the Care Standards Act 2000 as fostering and shall be treated F1, for the purposes of this Act and the Care Standards Act 2000 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) does not apply if the children concerned are all siblings in respect of each other.