Children Act (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2002

Amendment of the Placement of Children with Parents etc. Regulations 1991

3.—(1) The Placement of Children with Parents etc. Regulations 1991(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation), the definition of “guardian ad litem” is omitted.

(3) In regulation 8(4) (notification of placements)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) the Primary Care Trust, or if there is no Primary Care Trust, the Health Authority, for the area in which the child is living and, if it is different, for the area in which the child is to be placed;”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b), at the end, add “and, if it is different, for the area in which the child is to be placed;”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (c), at the end, add “and, where applicable, any registered medical practitioner with whom the child is to be registered following the placement;”.

(4) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (particulars to be taken into account)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (f), for the words from “under” to “Act” substitute “for child minding or day care”; and

(b) for sub-paragraph (k) substitute—

“(k) details of any criminal offences of which he has been convicted, or in respect of which he has been cautioned by a constable and which, at the time the caution was given, he admitted.”.

(1)

S.I. 1991/893 as amended by S.I. 1995/2015.