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(1)A local authority may provide accommodation for a child looked after by them by—
(a)placing him with—
(i)a family (other than such family as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of that expression in section 93(1) of this Act);
(ii)a relative of his; or
(iii)any other suitable person,
on such terms as to payment, by the authority or otherwise, as the authority may determine;
(b)maintaining him in a residential establishment; or
(c)making such other arrangements as appear to them to be appropriate, including (without prejudice to the generality of this paragraph) making use of such services as are referred to in section 17(1)(b) of this Act.
(2)A local authority may arrange for a child whom they are looking after—
(a)to be placed, under subsection (1)(a) above, with a person in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland; or
(b)to be maintained in any accommodation in which—
(i)a local authority in England and Wales could maintain him by virtue of section 23(2)(b) to (e) of the [1989 c. 41.] Children Act 1989; or
(ii)an authority within the meaning of the [S.I. 1995/755 (N.I.2)] Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 could maintain him by virtue of Article 27(2)(b) to (e) of that Order.
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