The Children Act 1989 Representations Procedure (England) Regulations 2006

PART 5 E+W Representations to voluntary organisations and about fostering limits

Requirement on voluntary organisations to consider representations E+W

21.  Every voluntary organisation who are providing accommodation for a child are required to consider in accordance with regulation 22 any representations (including any complaint) made to them by—

(a) any child, other than one who is looked after by a local authority, who is being provided with accommodation by them;

(b) any parent of his;

(c) any person who is not a parent of his but who has parental responsibility for him; or

(d) such other person as they consider has a sufficient interest in the child's welfare to warrant his representations being considered by them.

Procedure for considering representations made to voluntary organisations E+W

22.—(1) Regulations 2, 6 to 12, and 14 to 20 will apply in relation to representations made to voluntary organisations under regulation 21 with the modifications listed in paragraph (2).

(2) The modifications are—

(a) for any reference in those regulations to “local authority” there is substituted a reference to “ voluntary organisation ”;

(b) all references in those regulations to advocates are omitted;

(c) in regulation 2—

(i) for the definition of “complainant” there are substituted the words “ a person making representations to a voluntary organisation which stand to be considered by them under a procedure established under section 59 of the Act ”;

(ii) for the definition of “independent person” there are substituted the words—

“in relation to representations made to a voluntary organisation a person who is not—

(a) an officer of that organisation;

(b) engaged in any way in furthering the objects of that organisation; or

(c) the spouse or civil partner of a person mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) or (b)”; and

(d) in regulations 12 and 14 for the words “section 26(3)(e), (3B)(b) or (3C)(c)” there are substituted the words “ regulation 21(d) ”.

Consideration of representations under paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to the Act E+W

23.—(1) Regulations 2, 6 to 11 and 13 to 20 will apply in relation to a local authority's consideration of representations under paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 7 to the Act (which is concerned with limits on the number of children a person may foster) with the modification set out in paragraph (2).

(2) The modification is that in regulation 2 for the definition of “complainant” there are substituted the words “ a person making representations to a local authority which stand to be considered by them under a procedure established under paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to the Act ”.