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These Regulations may be cited as the Children (Private Foster Care) Regulations, 2012.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Definitions 2. In these Regulations \u2014 \u201cLaw\u201d means the Children Law, 2003; \u201cprivate foster carer\u201d means a person who provides private foster care to a child; and \u201cworking day\u201d means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day which is a Public General Holiday under the Public Holidays Law (2007 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Notification of proposal to provide private foster care 3. (1) A person who proposes to provide private foster care shall notify the Department of the proposal at least six weeks before the private foster care arrangement is due to commence. Regulation 4 SL 63 of 2012 (2) A person who is involved in arranging for a child to receive private foster care shall notify the Department of the arrangement as soon as possible after the arrangement has been made. (3) A parent of a child or a person who has parental responsibility for a child, who is aware of arrangements for that child to receive private foster care, shall notify the Department of those arrangements as soon as possible after becoming aware. (4) Notification given under paragraphs (1) to (3) shall contain such of the information specified in Schedule 1 as the person giving the notification is able to provide.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Action by the Department on receipt of notification of proposal 4. (1) Where the Department has received notification under regulation 3, it shall, for the purposes of discharging its duty under section 68(1) of the Law arrange for an officer of the Department within seven working days to \u2014 (a) visit the premises where it is proposed that the child will be cared for and accommodated; (b) visit and speak to the proposed private foster carer and to all members of his household; (c) visit and speak to the child alone, unless the officer considers it inappropriate; (d) speak to and, if it is practicable to do so, visit every parent of or person with parental responsibility for the child; and (e) establish such matters listed in Schedule 2 as appear to the officer to be relevant. (2) The officer, after he has completed his functions under paragraph (1), shall submit a written report of his findings to the Department.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Notification by person providing private foster care 5. (1) A private foster carer who has been existence prior to the coming into force of these Regulations and who has not given notification to the Department in accordance with regulation 3 shall notify the Department immediately. (2) Notification given under paragraph (1) shall contain such of the information specified in Schedule 1 as the person giving the notification is able to provide.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Regulation 6 SL 63 of 2012 Notification of a child going to live with a private foster carer 6. (1) A person who has given notification under regulation 3(1) shall notify the Department of the foster care arrangements within forty-eight hours of providing the foster care. (2) A parent of a child or any other person who has parental responsibility for that child, who has given notification under regulation 3(2) or 3(3) shall notify the Department within forty-eight hours of the child going to live with a private foster carer.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Action by the Department on receipt of notification 7. (1) Where the Department has received a notification under regulation 5 or 6 it shall, for the purposes of discharging its functions under section 68(1) of the Law, arrange for an officer of the Department to, within seven working days \u2014 (a) visit the premises where the child is being cared for and accommodated; (b) visit and speak to the private foster carer and to all members of his household; (c) visit and speak to the child alone unless the officer considers it inappropriate; (d) speak to and if it is practicable to do so, visit every parent of or person with parental responsibility for the child; and (e) establish such matters listed in Schedule 3 as appear to the officer to be relevant. (2) The officer, after he has completed his functions under paragraph (1), shall submit a written report of his findings to the Department.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Subsequent visits to children receiving private foster care 8. (1) The Department shall arrange for one of its officers to visit every child who is receiving private foster care \u2014 (a) at intervals of not more than six weeks in the first year of the private foster care arrangement; and (b) at intervals of not more than twelve weeks in any second or subsequent year. (2) In addition to visits carried out in accordance with paragraph (1), the Department shall arrange for every child who is fostered privately to be visited by an officer when reasonably requested to do so by the child, a private foster carer, a parent of the child or any other person with parental responsibility for the child. (3) When carrying out a visit under this regulation the officer shall \u2014 Regulation 9 SL 63 of 2012 (a) speak to the child alone unless he considers it inappropriate; (b) establish such matters listed in Schedule 3 as appear to him to be relevant; and (c) submit a written report on his findings to the Department after each visit carried out in accordance with this regulation. (4) For the purposes of this regulation, a private foster care arrangement is deemed to begin when the Department becomes aware of it.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Notification of change of circumstances 9. (1) A private foster carer shall notify the Department of \u2014 (a) any change of his address; (b) any offence of which he or a person who is part of or employed at his household has been convicted; (c) any disqualification under section 69 of the Law imposed on him or a person who is part of, or employed at, his household; (d) any person who begins to be part of or begins to be employed at, his household, and any offence of which that person has been convicted, and any disqualification or prohibition imposed on him under section 69 or 70 of the Law; and (e) any person who ceases to be part of or employed at his household. (2) A notification under paragraph (1) shall be given \u2014 (a) in advance, if practicable; or (b) in any other case, not more than forty-eight hours after the change of circumstances. (3) The parent of a privately fostered child or any other person who has parental responsibility for the child, who knows that the child is being fostered privately, shall notify the Department of any change of his own address.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Notification of the end of a private foster care arrangement 10. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person who has been providing private foster care but has ceased to do so, shall notify the Department within fortyeight hours and include in the notification the name and address of the person into whose care the child was received and that person\u2019s relationship with the child. (2) Where a person has been providing private foster care to a child but has ceased to do so due to the death of the child, he shall indicate in his notification to the Department that the child\u2019s death is the reason for the end of the private foster care arrangement. Regulation 11 SL 63 of 2012 (3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the private foster carer intends to resume the private fostering arrangement after an interval of not more than twentyseven days but if \u2014 (a) he subsequently abandons his intentions; or (b) the interval expires without his having given effect to his intention, he shall notify the Department within forty-eight hours of abandonment of his intention or, as the case may be, the expiry of the interval. (4) Any parent of a privately fostered child or any other person who has parental responsibility for a child, who has given notification to the Department under regulation 3(2) or (3) shall notify the Department of the ending of the private foster care arrangement and include in the notification the name and address of the person into whose care the child was received and that person\u2019s relationship with the child. 11. Form of notification 11. Any notification required under these Regulations shall be given directly to the Department or sent by registered post. SCHEDULE 1 SL 63 of 2012 SCHEDULE 1 (Regulations 3(4) and 5(2)) Information to be provided in notification 1. The information referred to in regulations 3(4) and 5(2) is- (a) the name, sex, date and place of birth, religious persuasion, race, cultural and linguistic background of the child; (b) the name and current address of the person giving the notice and his addresses within the previous five years; (c) the name and current address of the proposed or current private foster carer and his addresses within the previous five years; (d) the name and current address of the parents of the child and of any other person who has parental responsibility for the child and (if different) of any person from whom the child is to be, or was, received; (e) the name and current address of the minor siblings of the child, and details of the arrangements for their care; (f) the name and current address of any person, other than a person specified in sub-paragraph (d), who is or was involved in arranging for the child to be fostered privately; (g) the date on which it is intended that the private foster care arrangement will start, or on which it did start; and (h) the intended duration of the private foster care arrangement. 2. In the case of a person giving notice under regulation 3(1) or 5(1) the information referred to in regulations 3(4) and 5(2) also includes- (a) any offence of which he has been convicted; (b) any disqualification or prohibition imposed on him under section 69 or 70 of the Law; (c) any such conviction, disqualification or prohibition imposed on any other person living in or employed at the same household; (d) any order of a kind specified in regulations under section 69 of the Law made at any time with respect to him; (e) any order of a kind specified in regulations under section 69 of the Law made at any time with respect to a child who has been in his care; and (f) any rights or power with respect to a child that have been at any time vested in an authority specified in regulations under section 69 of the Law or under an enactment specified in those regulations. SCHEDULE 2 SL 63 of 2012 SCHEDULE 2 (Regulation 4(1)(e)) Welfare of children who are to receive private foster care The matters referred to in regulation 4(1)(e) are- (a) that the intended duration of the arrangement is understood by and agreed between- (i) the parents of the child or any other person with parental responsibility for the child; and (ii) the proposed private foster carer; (b) the wishes and feelings of the child about the proposed arrangement (considered in the light of his age and understanding); (c) the suitability of the proposed accommodation; (d) the capacity of the proposed private foster carer to look after the child; (e) the suitability of other members of the proposed private foster carer\u2019s household; (f) the arrangements for contact between the child and his parents, any other person with parental responsibility for him, and other persons who are significant to him, have been agreed and understood and that those arrangements will be satisfactory for the child; (g) that the parents of the child or any other person with parental responsibility for him and the proposed private foster carer have agreed financial arrangements for the care and maintenance of the child; (h) that consideration has been given to, and necessary steps taken to make arrangements for the child\u2019s health care; (i) that consideration has been given to and necessary steps taken to make arrangements for the child\u2019s education; (j) how decisions about the care of the child will be taken; and (k) whether the proposed private foster carer, the parents of the child, any other person with parental responsibility for the child, or any other person concerned with the child are being given such advice as seems to the Department to be needed. SCHEDULE 3 SL 63 of 2012 SCHEDULE 3 (Regulations 7(1)(e) and 8(3)(b)) Welfare of children who are receiving private foster care The matters referred to in regulations 7(1)(e) and 8(3)(b) are- (a) that the intended duration of the fostering arrangement is understood and agreed between- (i) the parents of the child or any other person with parental responsibility for the child; and (ii) the proposed private foster carer; (b) the wishes and feelings of the child about the arrangement (considered in the light of his age and understanding); (c) that the child\u2019s physical, intellectual, emotional, social and behavioural development is appropriate and satisfactory; (d) that the child\u2019s needs arising from his religious persuasion, race, origin, cultural and linguistic background are being met; (e) that the financial arrangements for the care and maintenance of the child are working; (f) the capacity of the private foster carer to look after the child; (g) the suitability of the accommodation; (h) that the arrangements for care of the child\u2019s health are in place; (i) the arrangements for the child\u2019s education; (j) the standard of the care which the child is being given; (k) the suitability of members of the private foster carer\u2019s household; (l) whether the contact between the child and his parents, or any other person with whom contact has been arranged, is satisfactory for the child; (m) how decisions about the child\u2019s care are being taken; and (n) whether the private foster carer, the parents of the child, any other person with parental responsibility for the child, or any other person concerned with the child are being given such advice as appears to the Department to be necessary. 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ISLANDS\n\nChildren Law, 2003\nCHILDREN (PRIVATE FOSTER CARE)\nREGULATIONS, 2012\n(SL 63 of 2012)\nArrangement of Regulations\nRegulation\nPage\n1.\nCitation ......................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\n3.\nNotification of proposal to provide private foster care .................................................................5\n4.\nAction by the Department on receipt of notification of proposal ..................................................6\n5.\nNotification by person providing private foster care ....................................................................6\n6.\nNotification of a child going to live with a private foster carer ......................................................6\n7.\nAction by the Department on receipt of notification ....................................................................7\n8.\nSubsequent visits to children receiving private foster care .........................................................7\n9.\nNotification of change of circumstances .....................................................................................8\n10.\nNotification of the end of a private foster care arrangement .......................................................8\n11.\nForm of notification ....................................................................................................................9\nSCHEDULE 1\n11\n(Regulations 3(4) and 5(2))\n11\nInformation to be provided in notification\n11\nSCHEDULE 2\n12\nWelfare of children who are to receive private foster care\n12\nSCHEDULE 3\n13\nWelfare of children who are receiving private foster care\n13\n\nChildren (Private Foster Care) Regulations, 2012\nRegulation 1\n\nc\nSL 63 of 2012\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nChildren Law, 2003\nCHILDREN (PRIVATE FOSTER CARE)\nREGULATIONS, 2012\n(SL 63 of 2012)\nThe Governor in Cabinet, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 68(2) of, and\nparagraph 6 of Schedule 8 to, the Children Law, 2003, hereby makes the following\nRegulations \u2014\n1.\nCitation\n1.\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Children (Private Foster Care)\nRegulations, 2012.\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn these Regulations \u2014\n\u201cLaw\u201d means the Children Law, 2003;\n\u201cprivate foster carer\u201d means a person who provides private foster care to a\nchild; and\n\u201cworking day\u201d means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day which\nis a Public General Holiday under the Public Holidays Law (2007 Revision).\n3.\nNotification of proposal to provide private foster care\n3.\n(1) A person who proposes to provide private foster care shall notify the\nDepartment of the proposal at least six weeks before the private foster care\narrangement is due to commence.\n\nRegulation 4\nChildren (Private Foster Care) Regulations, 2012\n\nPage 6\nSL 63 of 2012\nc\n\n(2) A person who is involved in arranging for a child to receive private foster care\nshall notify the Department of the arrangement as soon as possible after the\narrangement has been made.\n(3) A parent of a child or a person who has parental responsibility for a child, who\nis aware of arrangements for that child to receive private foster care, shall\nnotify the Department of those arrangements as soon as possible after\nbecoming aware.\n(4) Notification given under paragraphs (1) to (3) shall contain such of the\ninformation specified in Schedule 1 as the person giving the notification is\nable to provide.\n4.\nAction by the Department on receipt of notification of proposal\n4.\n(1) Where the Department has received notification under regulation 3, it shall, for\nthe purposes of discharging its duty under section 68(1) of the Law arrange for\nan officer of the Department within seven working days to \u2014\n(a)\nvisit the premises where it is proposed that the child will be cared for and\naccommodated;\n(b) visit and speak to the proposed private foster carer and to all members of\nhis household;\n(c)\nvisit and speak to the child alone, unless the officer considers it\ninappropriate;\n(d) speak to and, if it is practicable to do so, visit every parent of or person\nwith parental responsibility for the child; and\n(e)\nestablish such matters listed in Schedule 2 as appear to the officer to be\nrelevant.\n(2) The officer, after he has completed his functions under paragraph (1), shall\nsubmit a written report of his findings to the Department.\n5.\nNotification by person providing private foster care\n5.\n(1) A private foster carer who has been existence prior to the coming into force of\nthese Regulations and who has not given notification to the Department in\naccordance with regulation 3 shall notify the Department immediately.\n(2) Notification given under paragraph (1) shall contain such of the information\nspecified in Schedule 1 as the person giving the notification is able to provide.\n6.\n\nChildren (Private Foster Care) Regulations, 2012\nRegulation 6\n\nc\nSL 63 of 2012\nPage 7\n\nNotification of a child going to live with a private foster carer\n6.\n(1) A person who has given notification under regulation 3(1) shall notify the\nDepartment of the foster care arrangements within forty-eight hours of\nproviding the foster care.\n(2) A parent of a child or any other person who has parental responsibility for that\nchild, who has given notification under regulation 3(2) or 3(3) shall notify the\nDepartment within forty-eight hours of the child going to live with a private\nfoster carer.\n7.\nAction by the Department on receipt of notification\n7.\n(1) Where the Department has received a notification under regulation 5 or 6 it\nshall, for the purposes of discharging its functions under section 68(1) of the\nLaw, arrange for an officer of the Department to, within seven\nworking days \u2014\n(a)\nvisit the premises where the child is being cared for and accommodated;\n(b) visit and speak to the private foster carer and to all members of his\nhousehold;\n(c)\nvisit and speak to the child alone unless the officer considers it\ninappropriate;\n(d) speak to and if it is practicable to do so, visit every parent of or person\nwith parental responsibility for the child; and\n(e)\nestablish such matters listed in Schedule 3 as appear to the officer to be\nrelevant.\n(2) The officer, after he has completed his functions under paragraph (1), shall\nsubmit a written report of his findings to the Department.\n8.\nSubsequent visits to children receiving private foster care\n8.\n(1) The Department shall arrange for one of its officers to visit every child who is\nreceiving private foster care \u2014\n(a)\nat intervals of not more than six weeks in the first year of the private\nfoster care arrangement; and\n(b) at intervals of not more than twelve weeks in any second or\nsubsequent year.\n(2) In addition to visits carried out in accordance with paragraph (1), the\nDepartment shall arrange for every child who is fostered privately to be visited\nby an officer when reasonably requested to do so by the child, a private foster\ncarer, a parent of the child or any other person with parental responsibility for\nthe child.\n(3) When carrying out a visit under this regulation the officer shall \u2014\n\nRegulation 9\nChildren (Private Foster Care) Regulations, 2012\n\nPage 8\nSL 63 of 2012\nc\n\n(a)\nspeak to the child alone unless he considers it inappropriate;\n(b) establish such matters listed in Schedule 3 as appear to him to be\nrelevant; and\n(c)\nsubmit a written report on his findings to the Department after each visit\ncarried out in accordance with this regulation.\n(4) For the purposes of this regulation, a private foster care arrangement is\ndeemed to begin when the Department becomes aware of it.\n9.\nNotification of change of circumstances\n9.\n(1) A private foster carer shall notify the Department of \u2014\n(a)\nany change of his address;\n(b) any offence of which he or a person who is part of or employed at his\nhousehold has been convicted;\n(c)\nany disqualification under section 69 of the Law imposed on him or a\nperson who is part of, or employed at, his household;\n(d) any person who begins to be part of or begins to be employed at, his\nhousehold, and any offence of which that person has been convicted, and\nany disqualification or prohibition imposed on him under section 69 or\n70 of the Law; and\n(e)\nany person who ceases to be part of or employed at his household.\n(2) A notification under paragraph (1) shall be given \u2014\n(a)\nin advance, if practicable; or\n(b) in any other case, not more than forty-eight hours after the change of\ncircumstances.\n(3) The parent of a privately fostered child or any other person who has parental\nresponsibility for the child, who knows that the child is being fostered\nprivately, shall notify the Department of any change of his own address.\n10.\nNotification of the end of a private foster care arrangement\n10. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a person who has been providing private\nfoster care but has ceased to do so, shall notify the Department within fortyeight hours and include in the notification the name and address of the person\ninto whose care the child was received and that person\u2019s relationship with the\nchild.\n(2) Where a person has been providing private foster care to a child but has ceased\nto do so due to the death of the child, he shall indicate in his notification to the\nDepartment that the child\u2019s death is the reason for the end of the private foster\ncare arrangement.\n\nChildren (Private Foster Care) Regulations, 2012\nRegulation 11\n\nc\nSL 63 of 2012\nPage 9\n\n(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the private foster carer intends to resume\nthe private fostering arrangement after an interval of not more than twentyseven days but if \u2014\n(a)\nhe subsequently abandons his intentions; or\n(b) the interval expires without his having given effect to his intention,\nhe shall notify the Department within forty-eight hours of abandonment of his\nintention or, as the case may be, the expiry of the interval.\n(4) Any parent of a privately fostered child or any other person who has parental\nresponsibility for a child, who has given notification to the Department under\nregulation 3(2) or (3) shall notify the Department of the ending of the private\nfoster care arrangement and include in the notification the name and address of\nthe person into whose care the child was received and that person\u2019s\nrelationship with the child.\n11.\nForm of notification\n11. Any notification required under these Regulations shall be given directly to the\nDepartment or sent by registered post.\n\nChildren (Private Foster Care) Regulations, 2012\nSCHEDULE 1\n\nc\nSL 63 of 2012\nPage 11\n\n SCHEDULE 1\n (Regulations 3(4) and 5(2))\nInformation to be provided in notification\n1.\nThe information referred to in regulations 3(4) and 5(2) is-\n(a)\nthe name, sex, date and place of birth, religious persuasion, race, cultural\nand linguistic background of the child;\n(b) the name and current address of the person giving the notice and his\naddresses within the previous five years;\n(c)\nthe name and current address of the proposed or current private foster\ncarer and his addresses within the previous five years;\n(d) the name and current address of the parents of the child and of any other\nperson who has parental responsibility for the child and (if different) of\nany person from whom the child is to be, or was, received;\n(e)\nthe name and current address of the minor siblings of the child, and\ndetails of the arrangements for their care;\n(f)\nthe name and current address of any person, other than a person specified\nin sub-paragraph (d), who is or was involved in arranging for the child to\nbe fostered privately;\n(g) the date on which it is intended that the private foster care arrangement\nwill start, or on which it did start; and\n(h) the intended duration of the private foster care arrangement.\n2.\nIn the case of a person giving notice under regulation 3(1) or 5(1) the information\nreferred to in regulations 3(4) and 5(2) also includes-\n(a)\nany offence of which he has been convicted;\n(b) any disqualification or prohibition imposed on him under section 69 or\n70 of the Law;\n(c)\nany such conviction, disqualification or prohibition imposed on any other\nperson living in or employed at the same household;\n(d) any order of a kind specified in regulations under section 69 of the Law\nmade at any time with respect to him;\n(e)\nany order of a kind specified in regulations under section 69 of the Law\nmade at any time with respect to a child who has been in his care; and\n(f)\nany rights or power with respect to a child that have been at any time\nvested in an authority specified in regulations under section 69 of the\nLaw or under an enactment specified in those regulations.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\nChildren (Private Foster Care) Regulations, 2012\n\nPage 12\nSL 63 of 2012\nc\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n(Regulation 4(1)(e))\nWelfare of children who are to receive private foster care\nThe matters referred to in regulation 4(1)(e) are-\n(a)\nthat the intended duration of the arrangement is understood by and agreed\nbetween-\n(i)\n the parents of the child or any other person with parental\nresponsibility for the child; and\n(ii) the proposed private foster carer;\n(b) the wishes and feelings of the child about the proposed arrangement\n(considered in the light of his age and understanding);\n(c)\nthe suitability of the proposed accommodation;\n(d) the capacity of the proposed private foster carer to look after the child;\n(e)\nthe suitability of other members of the proposed private foster carer\u2019s\nhousehold;\n(f)\nthe arrangements for contact between the child and his parents, any other\nperson with parental responsibility for him, and other persons who are\nsignificant to him, have been agreed and understood and that those\narrangements will be satisfactory for the child;\n(g) that the parents of the child or any other person with parental\nresponsibility for him and the proposed private foster carer have agreed\nfinancial arrangements for the care and maintenance of the child;\n(h) that consideration has been given to, and necessary steps taken to make\narrangements for the child\u2019s health care;\n(i)\nthat consideration has been given to and necessary steps taken to make\narrangements for the child\u2019s education;\n(j)\nhow decisions about the care of the child will be taken; and\n(k) whether the proposed private foster carer, the parents of the child, any\nother person with parental responsibility for the child, or any other\nperson concerned with the child are being given such advice as seems to\nthe Department to be needed.\n\nChildren (Private Foster Care) Regulations, 2012\nSCHEDULE 3\n\nc\nSL 63 of 2012\nPage 13\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n(Regulations 7(1)(e) and 8(3)(b))\nWelfare of children who are receiving private foster care\nThe matters referred to in regulations 7(1)(e) and 8(3)(b) are-\n(a)\nthat the intended duration of the fostering arrangement is understood and\nagreed between-\n(i)\nthe parents of the child or any other person with parental\nresponsibility for the child; and\n(ii) the proposed private foster carer;\n(b) the wishes and feelings of the child about the arrangement (considered in\nthe light of his age and understanding);\n(c)\nthat the child\u2019s physical, intellectual, emotional, social and behavioural\ndevelopment is appropriate and satisfactory;\n(d) that the child\u2019s needs arising from his religious persuasion, race, origin,\ncultural and linguistic background are being met;\n(e)\nthat the financial arrangements for the care and maintenance of the child\nare working;\n(f)\nthe capacity of the private foster carer to look after the child;\n(g) the suitability of the accommodation;\n(h) that the arrangements for care of the child\u2019s health are in place;\n(i)\nthe arrangements for the child\u2019s education;\n(j)\nthe standard of the care which the child is being given;\n(k) the suitability of members of the private foster carer\u2019s household;\n(l)\nwhether the contact between the child and his parents, or any other\nperson with whom contact has been arranged, is satisfactory for the child;\n(m) how decisions about the child\u2019s care are being taken; 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