PART 6MEANING OF TERMS IN THE 1991 ACT

Persons who are not persons with careI178

1

The following categories of person are not persons with care for the purposes of the 1991 Act—

a

a local authority;

b

a person with whom a child who is looked after by a local authority is placed by that authority under the provisions of the Children Act 1989, except where that person is a parent of such a child and the local authority allow the child to live with that parent under section 22C(2) F1... of that Act M1;

c

in Scotland, a family or relative with whom a child is placed by a local authority under the provisions of section 26 of the Children (Scotland) Act F21995 F4or who is providing continuing care by virtue of arrangements made under section 26A of that Act; M2

d

in Wales, a person with whom a child who is looked after by a local authority is placed by that authority under the provisions of Part 6 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, except where that person is a parent of such a child and the local authority allow the child to live with that parent under section 81(2) of that Act.

2

In paragraph (1)—

  • “a child who is looked after by a local authority” has the same meaning as in section 22 of the Children Act 1989 or section 17(6) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 F3or section 74 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 as the case may be;

  • “family” means a family other than a family defined in section 93(1) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.