(1) A child may be admitted to a home:
(a) pending the determination by a Family Tribunal of an order under Sub-Part II of Part I of this Act;
(b) on the recommendation of a probation officer or social welfare officer who has determined that the approved home is the most suitable place for the child; or
(c) if the child is an orphan and family care and fosterage are not available.
(2) If a home fails to maintain the required standard its licence to operate may be cancelled or suspended by the Minister and alternative arrangements shall be made by the Department for the children in the home.
(3) It shall be the responsibility of the staff of a home, the probation and social welfare officer and any other person to assist a child resident in the home to become reunited with its parents, guardian or relatives.
(4) After a child has been returned to his family home from a home, the probation and social welfare officer shall keep in regular contact with the child and his family to ensure that the best interest of the child is sustained.
(5) Where a child is unable to return to his parents or to go to foster-parents or has no parent or foster-parent, he shall be encouraged and assisted by the home and the probation and social welfare officer to become independent and self-reliant.