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Skip to main contentSkip to navigationlegislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHelpSite MapAccessibilityContact UsCymraegHomeAbout UsBrowse LegislationNew LegislationChanges To LegislationSearch LegislationSearch LegislationTitle: (or keywords in the title)Year:Number:Type:All Legislation (excluding draft)All Primary Legislation UK Public General Acts UK Local Acts Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts of the National Assembly for Wales Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Church Measures Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament Acts of the English Parliament Acts of the Old Irish Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Northern Ireland Orders in Council Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Northern Ireland ParliamentAll Secondary Legislation UK Statutory Instruments Wales Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Statutory Rules Church Instruments UK Ministerial Orders UK Statutory Rules and OrdersAll Draft Legislation UK Draft Statutory Instruments Scottish Draft Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Draft Statutory RulesAll Impact Assessments UK Impact AssessmentsSearchAdvanced SearchThe Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995You are here:1995 No. 755 (N.I. 2)PART XTable of ContentsContentMore ResourcesPrevious: PartNext: PartPlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As made)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole OrderOpen Order without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyChanges to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Order. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Order applied by S.I. 2013/1465 art. 14(2)-(4)Blanket Amendment words substituted by 2014 c. 5 (N.I.) s. 3(2) Sch. para. 1(1)(a)Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):art. 149(1)art. 149(5)(e) words substituted by 2014 c. 12 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 14(23)art. 149(1)art. 149(5)(g) words substituted by 2014 c. 12 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 14(23)art. 165(2)(k) inserted by 2011 c. 24 (N.I.) s. 95(3)Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Order. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Order you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Order into force:S.R. 2015/35 art. 2 commences (2014 c. 12 (N.I.))S.R. 2015/194 art. 2 Sch. commences (S.I. 2003/435 (N.I.))PART XN.I.PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR FOSTERING CHILDRENInterpretationN.I.106.—(1) In this Order—
“privately fostered child” means a child who is cared for, and provided with accommodation[F1 in their own home] by, someone other than—
(c)a relative of his.
(a)the provisions of Articles 90[F1 and 91] (children's homes); and
[F1(3A) The Department may by regulations make provision as to the circumstances in which a person who provides accommodation to a child is, or is not, to be treated as providing him with accommodation in the person's own home.]
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Sub‐para.(b) rep. by 2003 NI 9
(g)in any home or institution not specified in[F2 sub-paragraphs (c)] to (f) but provided by the Secretary of State, a government department or a prescribed public body,
but[F2 sub-paragraphs (c)] to (g) do not apply where the person caring for the child is doing so in his personal capacity and not in the course of carrying out his duties in relation to the establishment mentioned in the sub-paragraph in question.
(5) A child is not a privately fostered child while[F3 he is living with any person in compliance with a juvenile justice centre order.]
(6) A child is not a privately fostered child while he is liable to be detained, or subject to guardianship, under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986F4.
(ii)section 1 of the Adoption Act 1976F5; or
[F6(iii)section 119(1) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007;]
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(a)satisfy itself that the welfare of children who are privately fostered within the authority's area is being satisfactorily safeguarded and promoted; and
(b)secure that such advice is given to those caring for them as appears to the authority to be needed.
(a)requiring every child who is privately fostered within an authority's area to be visited by an officer of the authority—
(b)imposing requirements which are to be met by any authority, or officer of an authority, in carrying out functions under this Article.
(3) Where any person who is authorised by an authority to visit privately fostered children has reasonable cause to believe that—
(a)any privately fostered child is being accommodated in premises within the authority's area; or
(4) Any person exercising the power under paragraph (3) shall, if so required, produce some duly authenticated document showing his authority to do so.
(5) If an authority is not satisfied that the welfare of any child who is privately fostered within the authority's area is being satisfactorily safeguarded or promoted the authority shall—
(a)unless it considers that it would not be in the best interests of the child, take such steps as are reasonably practicable to secure that the care and accommodation of the child is undertaken by—
(b)consider the extent to which (if at all) it should exercise any of its functions under this Order with respect to the child.
Persons disqualified from being private foster parentsN.I.109.—(1) Unless he has disclosed the fact to the appropriate authority and obtained its written consent, a person shall not foster a child privately if he is disqualified from doing so by regulations made by the Department for the purposes of this Article.
(2) The regulations may, in particular, provide for a person to be so disqualified where—
(c)a requirement of a kind so specified has been imposed at any time with respect to any such child under any statutory provision;
(e)he has at any time been disqualified from child minding or providing day care for children under the age of twelve;
(f)a prohibition has been imposed on him at any time under Article 110 or under any other specified statutory provision.
(3) Unless he has disclosed the fact to the appropriate authority and obtained its written consent, a person shall not foster a child privately if—
(a)he lives in the same household as a person who is himself prevented from fostering a child by paragraph (1); or
[F7(3A) A person shall not foster a child privately if—
(b)he lives in the same household as a person who is barred from such activity.]
(4) Where an authority refuses to give its consent under this Article, it shall inform the applicant by a written notice which states—
(b)the applicant's right under Article 113 to appeal against the refusal; and
“the appropriate authority” means the authority within whose area it is proposed to foster the child in question;
“statutory provision” includes any statutory provision having effect, at any time, in any part of the United Kingdom.
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(2) Where the authority for the area within which the child is proposed to be, or is being, fostered is of the opinion that—
the authority may impose a prohibition on that person.
(3) A prohibition imposed on any person under paragraph (2) may prohibit him from fostering privately—
(a)any child in any premises within the authority's area;
(b)any child in premises specified in the prohibition; or
(4) An authority which has imposed a prohibition on any person under paragraph (2) may, if it thinks fit, cancel the prohibition—
if it is satisfied that the prohibition is no longer justified.
(5) Where an authority imposes a requirement on any person under Article 111, it may also impose a prohibition on him under paragraph (2).
(6) Any prohibition imposed by virtue of paragraph (5) shall not have effect unless—
(7) A prohibition imposed under this Article shall be imposed by notice in writing addressed to the person on whom it is imposed and informing him of—
(b)his right under Article 113 to appeal against the prohibition; and
Power to impose requirementsN.I.111.—(1) Where a person is fostering any child privately, or proposes to foster any child privately, the appropriate authority may impose on him requirements as to—
and he shall comply with any such requirement before the end of such period as the authority may specify unless, in the case of a proposal, the proposal is not carried out.
(2) A requirement may be limited to a particular child.
(3) A requirement (other than one imposed under paragraph (1)(a)) may be limited by the authority so as to apply only when the number of children fostered by the person exceeds a specified number.
(4) A requirement shall be imposed by notice in writing addressed to the person on whom it is imposed and informing him of—
(b)his right under Article 113 to appeal against it; and
(5) An authority may vary any requirement, impose any additional requirement or remove any requirement.
(a)the authority within whose area the child is being fostered; or
(b)in the case of a proposal to foster a child, the authority within whose area it is proposed that he will be fostered; and
“requirement”, in relation to any person, means a requirement imposed on him under this Article.
Regulations requiring notification of fostering, etc.N.I.112.—(1) The Department may by regulations make provision as to—
AppealsN.I.113.—(1) A person aggrieved by—
Application of this Part to certain school children during holidaysN.I.114.—(1) Where a child who is a pupil at a school lives at the school during school holidays for a period of more than two weeks, this Part shall apply in relation to the child as if—
(b)Articles 107(3)(d) and 111 were omitted.
(2) Paragraph (3) applies to any person who proposes to care for and accommodate one or more children at a school in circumstances in which some or all of them will be treated as privately fostered children by virtue of this Article.
(3) That person shall, not less than two weeks before the first of those children is treated as a privately fostered child by virtue of this Article during the holiday in question, give written notice of his proposal to the authority within whose area the child is ordinarily resident ( “the appropriate authority”), stating the estimated number of the children.
(4) An authority may exempt any person from the duty of giving notice under paragraph (3).
(5) Any such exemption may be granted for a special period or indefinitely and may be revoked at any time by notice in writing given to the person exempted.
(6) Where a child who is treated as a privately fostered child by virtue of this Article dies, the person caring for him at the school shall, not later than 48 hours after the death, give written notice of it—
(a)to the appropriate authority; and
(7) Where a child who is treated as a privately fostered child by virtue of this Article ceases for any other reason to be such a child, the person caring for him at the school shall give written notice of the fact to the appropriate authority.
Advertisements relating to fosteringN.I.115. No advertisement indicating that a person will undertake, or will arrange for, a child to be privately fostered shall be published, unless it states that person's name and address.
Avoidance of insurances on lives of privately fostered childrenN.I.116. A person who fosters a child privately and for reward shall be deemed for the purposes of the Life Assurance Act 1774F8 as extended by the Life Insurance (Ireland) Act 1866F9 to have no interest in the life of the child.
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(b)he refuses to allow a privately fostered child to be visited by a duly authorised officer of an authority;
(c)he intentionally obstructs another in the exercise of the power conferred by Article 108(3);
(d)he contravenes Article 109;
(e)he fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by an authority under this Part;
(f)he accommodates a privately fostered child in any premises in contravention of a prohibition imposed by an authority under this Part;
(g)he knowingly causes to be published, or publishes, an advertisement which he knows contravenes Article 115.
(2) Where a person contravenes Article 109(3), he shall not be guilty of an offence under this Article if he proves that he did not know, and had no reasonable ground for believing, that any person to whom Article 109(1) applied was living or employed in the premises in question.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1)(a) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1)(b), (c) or (g) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1)(d) or (f) shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.
(6) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1)(e) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(7) If any person who is required, under any provision of this Part, to give a notice fails to give the notice within the time specified in that provision, proceedings for the offence may be brought at any time within six months from the date when evidence of the offence came to the knowledge of the authority.
(8) Paragraph (7) is not affected by anything in Article 19(1)(a) of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981F10.
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