Section 122 Child’s Right Act

Section 122 Child’s Right Act 2003 is about A person disqualified from fostering a child privately. It is under Part XI (Fostering) of the Act.

(1) A person shall not foster a child privately if he is disqualified from doing so by regulations made by the Minister for the purposes of this section, unless he has disclosed the fact to the appropriate authority and obtained its written consent.

(2) The regulations shall, in particular, provide for a person to be so disqualified where‐
(a) an order of a kind specified in the regulations has been made at any time‐
(i) with respect to that person, or

(ii) with respect to a child who has been in the care of that person;
(b) a requirement of a kind so specified has been impose by an enactment;
(c) he has been convicted of an offence of a kind so specified, or has been placed on probation or discharged absolutely or conditionally for any offence;

(d) a prohibition has been imposed on him at any time under section 123 of this Act or under any other specified enactment;
(e) his rights and powers with respect to a child have at any time been vested in a specified authority under a specified enactment.

(3) A person shall not foster a child privately if‐
(a) he lives in the same household as a person who is himself prevented from fostering a child by subsection (i) of this section; or
(b) he lives in a household at which any such person is employed, unless he has disclosed the fact to the appropriate authority and obtained their written consent.

(4) Where an appropriate authority refuses to give its consent under this section, it shall inform the applicant by a written notice‐
(a) the reason for the refusal;
(b) the applicants rights to appeal against the refusal; and
(c) the time within which he may appeal.

(5) The form set out in Part IV of the Fourth Schedule to this Act and the provisions contained in Part V and VI of that Schedule shall be used and have effect for the purposes of this section and this Part of this Act.