(1) The chief executive must not grant an application for, or to renew, a
certificate unless the chief executive is satisfied of the following
matters—
(a) for a foster carer certificate—
(i) the applicant is a
suitable person to be an approved foster carer; and
(ii) all members of the
applicant’s household are suitable persons to associate on a daily basis
with children; and
(iii) the applicant and each adult member of the
applicant’s household hold a working with children authority; and
(iv) the
applicant is able to meet the standards of care in the statement of standards;
and
(v) the applicant is able to help in appropriate ways towards achieving
plans for the protection of a child placed in the carer’s care;
(b) for a
kinship carer certificate—
(i) the applicant is kin to the child to whom the
approval relates; and
(ii) the applicant is a suitable person to be an
approved kinship carer for the child; and
(iii) all members of the
applicant’s household are suitable persons to associate on a daily basis
with the child; and
(iv) the applicant and each adult member of the
applicant’s household hold a working with children authority; and
(v) the
applicant is able to meet the standards of care in the statement of standards;
and
(vi) the applicant is able to help in appropriate ways towards achieving
plans for the child’s protection.
(2) However, subsection (1) (b) (ii) to
(v) does not apply if the applicant is an approved kinship carer for 1 or more
other children.
(3) In this section—
"adult member" , of an applicant’s household, means a person who is an
adult member of the household both at the time when the application is made
and when it is decided.
