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3.—(1) A person who proposes to privately foster a child must notify the appropriate local authority of the proposal—
(a)at least six weeks before the private fostering arrangement is to begin; or
(b)where the private fostering arrangement is to begin within six weeks, immediately.
(2) Any person who is involved (whether or not directly) in arranging for a child to be privately fostered must notify the appropriate local authority of the arrangement as soon as possible after the arrangement has been made.
(3) A parent of a child, and a person who is not a parent but who has parental responsibility for the child, who is not involved (whether or not directly) in arranging for the child to be privately fostered but who knows that it is proposed that the child should be privately fostered must notify the appropriate local authority of the proposal as soon as possible after becoming aware of the arrangement.
(4) Notification given under paragraphs (1) to (3) must contain such of the information specified in Schedule 1 as the person giving the notification is able to provide.
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