Commentary on Sections

Part 6 - Looked after and Accommodated Children

Section 92 - Regulations about the placing of children with local authority foster parents and prospective adopters

273.Section 92 contains an example of the way in which the regulation making power in section 87 could be used to make provision about the placement of looked after children in foster care or with prospective adopters. The regulations may contain provision to require arrangements to be made about the child’s health and education; or that any accommodation in which a child is placed is subject to inspection by the local authority.