The Fostering Panels (Establishment and Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2018
1Title and commencement
2Interpretation
3Central list
4Fostering panels
5Functions of fostering panels
6Meetings of fostering panels
7Assessment of prospective foster parents
8Approval of foster parents
9Reviews and terminations of approval
10Information to be sent to the independent review panel
11Case records relating to foster parents and others
12List of foster parents
13Retention and confidentiality of records
14Transitional provisions
SCHEDULE 1Information as to prospective foster parents and other members of their household and family
PART 1
1Full name, address and date of birth.
2Details of health (supported by a medical report).
3Particulars of any other adult members of the household.
4Particulars of the children in the family, whether or not...
5Particulars of their accommodation.
6The outcome of any request or application made by them...
7If the person has, in the preceding three years, been...
8Names and addressed of two persons who will provide personal...
9In relation to the person and any other member of...
10Details of current, and any previous, marriage, civil partnership or...
PART 2
11Details of personality.
12Religious persuasion, and capacity to care for a child from...
13Racial origin, cultural and linguistic background and capacity to care...
14Capacity to provide support to a child in relation to...
15Past and present employment or occupation, standard of living, leisure...
16Previous experience (if any) of caring for their own and...
17Skill, competence and potential relevant to their capacity to care...
SCHEDULE 2Offences specified for the purposes of regulation 7(9) and (10)
PART 1
1Offences in England and Wales
1AAny of the following offences— (a) an offence of virginity...
2Offences in Scotland
3An offence specified in Schedule 1 to the Criminal Procedure...
4An offence of plagium (theft of a child below the...
5An offence under section 52 or 52A of the Civic...
6An offence under section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment)...
6AAny of the following offences— (a) an offence of virginity...
7Offences in Northern Ireland
8An offence specified in Schedule 1 to the Children and...
9An offence under Article 3 of the Protection of Children...
10An offence contrary to Article 15 of the Criminal Justice...
10AAny of the following offences— (a) an offence of virginity...
PART 2
11(1) An offence under any of the following sections of...
12A person falls within this paragraph if the person has...
13A person falls within this paragraph if the person has...
14Paragraphs 11(1)(c) and 13(e) and (f) do not include offences...
SCHEDULE 3Matters and obligations in foster care agreements
1Matters to be recorded— (a) the terms of the foster...
2Obligations on the foster parent— (a) to care for any...
2018 No. 1333 (W. 260)
Social Care, Wales

The Fostering Panels (Establishment and Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2018

Made
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Coming into force

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 87, 93, 94A and 196(1) and (2) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 M1.