s.69Persons disqualified from being private foster parents
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Section 69Part 9 — PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR FOSTERING CHILDREN

Persons disqualified from being private foster parents

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69. (1) Unless he has disclosed the fact to the Department 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 Governor in Cabinet for the purposes of this section.
The regulations may, in particular, provide for a person to be so disqualified where —
an order of a kind specified in the regulations has been made at any time with respect to him;
an order of a kind so specified has been made at any time with respect to any child who has been in his care;
a requirement of a kind so specified has been imposed at any time with respect to any such child, under or by virtue of any enactment;
he has been convicted of an offence of a kind specified, or has been placed on probation or discharged absolutely or conditionally for any such offence;
a prohibition has been imposed on him at any time under section 70 or under any other specified enactment; or
his rights and powers with respect to a child have at any time been vested in a specified authority under a specified enactment.
Unless he has disclosed the fact to the Department and obtained its written consent, a person shall not foster a child privately if — Section 70 Children Law Page 82 Revised as at 31st day of July, 2012 c
he lives in the same household as a person who is himself prevented from fostering a child by subsection (1); or
he lives in a household at which any such person is employed.
Where the Department refuses to give its consent under this section, it shall inform the applicant by a written notice which states —
the reason for the refusal;
the applicant’s right under paragraph 7 of Schedule 8 to appeal against the refusal; and
the time within which he may do so.

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