(1)Where a child has been committed to an approved home under a care order, the district probation and social welfare officer, in conjunction with the warden of the approved home, may place the child with a person who is willing to undertake the care and maintenance of the child, in this Part referred to as a "foster parent".

(2)An application to foster a child shall be made to the district probation and social welfare officer, except that a relative of a child without a parent or guardian may foster the child without first applying to the district probation and social welfare officer, and this Part shall not apply to him or her.

(3)A foster parent in whose care a child is committed shall, while the child remains in his or her care, have the same responsibilities in respect of the maintenance of the child as if he or she were the parent of the child.

(4)Foster care placements shall be made in accordance with the Rules set out in Schedule 3 to this Act.