PART 12Requirements on service providers as to premises, facilities and equipment
Single occupancy and shared rooms – children46.
(1)
This regulation applies where the service provider is providing—
(a)
a care home service which includes the provision of accommodation for individuals who are children, or
(b)
a secure accommodation service.
(2)
If this regulation applies, the service provider must ensure that each child is accommodated in a single room. But this requirement does not apply if the conditions in paragraph (3) are met.
(3)
The conditions are—
(a)
the accommodation is provided in a care home service which was registered as a children's home under the Care Standards Act 2000,
(b)
the accommodation provided was occupied at the time the service provider was registered under the Act,
(c)
the child is sharing a room with no more than one other child,
(d)
(except in the case of siblings) the other child is not of the opposite sex or of a significantly different age to him or her, and
(e)
sharing a room will promote the child's well-being, is provided for in the child's care and support plan and wherever practicable is agreed with the child.