CHILDREN Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Disqualification for Caring for Children Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 4th November 1996. 2 In these Regulations “ the Order ” means the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. Disqualification from fostering a child privately or registration under Part XI of the Order 2 For the purposes of Articles 109 (persons disqualified from being private foster parents) and 122 (persons disqualified from child minding or providing day care) of the Order, a person is disqualified from fostering a child privately or registering under Article 118 of the Order (registration for child minding and day care) if— a he is a parent of a child who at any time has been made the subject of an order under— i Article 50(1)( a ) of the Order (care order), ii section 31(1)( a ) of the Children Act 1989 (care order), iii section 44(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (supervision requirement); b one of the following orders has been made at any time with respect to a child so as to remove the child from his care or prevent the child living with him— i an order under Article 50(1)( a ) of the Order (care order), ii any order that would have been deemed to be a care order by virtue of paragraph 11, 12 or 30 of Schedule 8 to the Order (transitional provisions for children in compulsory care) had it been in operation immediately before the day on which Part V of the Order comes into operation, iii a fit person order or training school order made under the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 or the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 , iv a parental rights order under section 104 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 or section 82 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950, v an order under section 31(1)( a ) of the Children Act 1989 or an order under section 1(3)( c ) or 7(7)( a ) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (care orders), vi any other order that would have been deemed to be a care order by virtue of paragraph 15 of Schedule 14 to the Children Act 1989 (transitional provisions for children in compulsory care) had it been in force immediately before the day on which Part IV of that Act came into force, vii a supervision order which imposes a residence requirement under section 12AA of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (requirement that young offender live in local authority accommodation), or viii an approved school order or a fit person order under section 9(1)( a ) or ( b ) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 or section 61(1)( a ) or ( b ) of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 ; c a supervision requirement has been imposed under section 44(1) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 at any time with respect to any child for the purpose of removing that child from his care, or his rights and powers with respect to any child had at any time been vested in a local authority in Scotland under that Act or the Children Act 1948 ; d an order has been made at any time, for the purposes of removing a child who was being kept, or was about to be received, by him, under— i Article 35 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (removal of protected children from unsuitable surroundings), ii section 34 of the Adoption Act 1976 or section 43 of the Adoption Act 1958 (removal of protected children from unsuitable surroundings), or iii section 34 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (removal of protected children from unsuitable surroundings); e an order removing a child from his care has been made at any time under— i section 8(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 or section 6(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 (removal of foster children), ii section 12 of the Foster Children Act 1980 or Part I of the Children Act 1958 (removal of foster children), or iii section 12 of the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 (removal of foster children); f he has been convicted of any offence mentioned in the Schedule; g there has been a refusal to register a voluntary home in relation to an application made by him under— i Article 80 of the Order (application for registration), ii section 127(2) and (3) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 or section 99(2) and (3) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 (application for registration), or iii paragraph 1(1) and (2) of Schedule 5 to the Children Act 1989 or section 57(2) and (3) of the Child Care Act 1980 (application for registration); h he is a person who carried on, or was otherwise concerned with the management of, or had any financial interest in, a voluntary home which was removed from the register under— i Article 82 of the Order (cancellation of registration), ii Article 87 of the Order (appeals), iii section 127(4) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 or section 99(4) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 (cancellation of registration), iv section 128 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 or section 100 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 (appeals), v paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 5 to the Children Act 1989 or section 57(4) of the Child Care Act 1980 (cancellation of registration), or vi paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Children Act 1989 or section 58 of the Child Care Act 1980 (appeals); i there has been a refusal to register a registered children’s home in relation to an application made by him under— i Article 96 of the Order (application for registration), or ii paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Children Act 1989 (application for registration); j he is a person who carried on, or was otherwise concerned with the management of, or had any financial interest in, a registered children’s home and that home was removed from the register under— i Article 98 of the Order (cancellation of registration), ii Article 103 of the Order (appeals), iii paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Children Act 1989 (cancellation of registration), or iv paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the Children Act 1989 (appeals); k he is a person in respect of whom a prohibition has been imposed under— i Article 110 of the Order (power to prohibit private fostering), ii a notice in writing is given by a Board or Health and Social Services trust under section 1(3) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (withholding consent to the care and maintenance of a child being undertaken by a person), iii section 69 of the Children Act 1989, section 10 of the Foster Children Act 1980 or Part I of the Children Act 1958 (power to prohibit private fostering), or iv section 10 of the Foster Children (Scotland) Act 1984 (power to prohibit private fostering); l he has at any time been refused registration in respect of nurseries, day care or child minding or had any such registration cancelled under— i Part XI of the Order (child minding and day care for young children), ii section 11(5) (refusal to register) or section 15 (cancellation of registration) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968, iii Part X of the Children Act 1989 (child minding and day care for young children), or iv section 1 (refusal to register) or section 5 (cancellation of registration) of the Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948 ; or m he has at any time been refused registration or had such registration cancelled under section 62 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (registration of establishments). Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on 8th October 1996. P. A. Conliffe Assistant Secretary