suffering or is likely to suffer significant harm, he or she shall make inquiries to decide whether to act to safeguard or promote the child’s welfare. 41. Requirement to disclose information. When a family and children court is satisfied that information concerning a child is being withheld by any person, it may summon that person to disclose the information. 42. Medical examination of a child. (1) The family and children court shall have power to order that a child be medically examined if there is any reason to believe that the child is in need of the examination, or for some reason requires a report concerning the child’s physical or mental condition. (2) The family and children court may request in writing a medical officer to conduct the examination. PART VI—FOSTER CARE PLACEMENTS. 43. Conditions for foster care placements. (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 child’s maintenance 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 the Second Schedule to this Act.