(This note does not form part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Children’s Homes Regulations 1991 in relation to Wales as a consequence of the coming into force, also on 28th February 2001, of section 40 of the Care Standards Act 2000 (2000 c. 14). Section 40 amends section 63(3)(a) of the Children Act 1989 so as to require privately operated children’s homes which accommodate and care for less than four children to be registered with the local authority in whose area they are located in the same way as larger children’s homes. The effect of these Regulations is, subject to existing restrictions on a person fostering more than three children, to exempt homes in which children are accommodated as foster children from the requirement to register as a children’s home.