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Fostering - short breaks Duty
- Description
- In the circumstances set out below, these Regulations apply in relation to a child with the modifications set out in these Regulations.
The circumstances are that the child:
(a)is not in the care of a local authority, and
(b)is placed in a series of short-term placements with the same foster parent (“short breaks”), where—
(i)no single placement is intended to last for more than 17 days,
(ii)at the end of each such placement the child returns to the care of the child’s parent or a person who is not his parent but who has parental responsibility for the child,
(iii)the short breaks do not exceed 75 days in total in any period of 12 months.
- Modified
- 10 Feb 2022
- Status
- Live
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