text: similar provision i6 made in terms of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. In Northern Ireland, corresponding provision is contained in the Children and Young Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1968. CCPR/C/58/Add.6 page 70 318. The majority of children in local authority care are fostered (boarded out), reflecting the importance attached to placement with a family as the preferred substitute for most children who cannot be cared for within their own families. New regulations and accompanying guidance were issued in 1988 to govern these placements. The regulations, which replaced the Boarding Out Regulations 1955, aim to provide a more effective and up-to-date framework for foster care practice and reflect the changes which have taken place in foster care in recent years. 319. Boarding out and fostering in Scotland is regulated by the Boarding Out and Fostering of Children (Scotland) Regulations 1985, which apply to the action of a local authority or voluntary organization under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. In Northern Ireland, boarding out and fostering is governed by the Children and Young Persons (Boarding Out) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1976. 320. The Accommodation of Children (Charge and Control) Regulations and accompanying guidance were also issued in 1988 to govern the placement of children in local authority care in England and Wales with a parent, guardian, relative or friend. The Children and Young Persons (Amendment) Act 1986 empowers the Secretary of State for Social Services to make regulations governing placement of children in care with a parent, guardian, relative or friend under section 21 (2) of the 1980 Act. 321. Existing statutory powers allowed the Secretary of State to make regulations to govern the way in which local authorities discharged their responsibilities for children in their care whom they had placed with foster parents or in children's homes, but no regulating power existed in relation to 
analysis: This text appears to be discussing the regulation and governance of foster care and the placement of children in local authority care in the UK. It mentions specific laws and regulations related to social work, children's welfare, and the care of children in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Given the context, it is likely that the text falls under the category of social services and child welfare.