Unless he has disclosed the fact to the appropriate local authority and obtained their written consent, a person shall not foster a child privately if he is disqualified from doing so by regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section.
The regulations may, in particular, provide for a person to be so disqualified where—
A conviction in respect of which a probation order was made before 1st October 1992 (which would not otherwise be treated as a conviction) is to be treated as a conviction for the purposes of subsection (2)(d).
Unless he has disclosed the fact to the appropriate local authority and obtained their written consent, a person shall not foster a child privately if—
A person shall not foster a child privately if—
Where an authority refuse to give their consent under this section, they shall inform the applicant by a written notice which states—
In this section—
"the appropriate authority" means the local authority within whose area it is proposed to foster the child in question; and
"enactment" means any enactment having effect, at any time, in any part of the United Kingdom.