Public Health Act 1936 · 1936 c. 49View on legislation.gov.uk
Part VII: Notification of Births; Maternity and Child Welfare, and Child Life Protection.
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The welfare authority may fix the maximum number of children under the age of nine years who may be kept in any premises in which a foster child is kept, and may also impose conditions to be complied with so long as the number of children kept in the premises exceeds a specified number.
If the maximum number so fixed is exceeded, or if any condition so imposed is not complied with, a person who keeps a foster child in those premises shall be guilty of an offence.
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