In this Act—

• “child” means a person under the age of 18;

• “compulsory school age” has the same meaning as in the M1Education Act 1944;

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• “local authority” means the council of a non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district or London borough, or the Common Council of the City of London;

• “local authority in Scotland” means a regional or islands council;

• “place of safety” means a community home provided by a local authority, a controlled community home, a police station, or any hospital, surgery or other suitable place whose occupier is willing temporarily to receive a child;

• “relative”, in relation to a child, means a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt (whether of the full blood or half-blood or by affinity) and includes, where the child is illegitimate, the father of the child and any person who would be a relative within the meaning of this definition if the child were the legitimate child of his mother and father;

• “voluntary organisation” means a body the activities of which are carried on otherwise than for profit.