Interpretation
2.—(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Children Act 1989 and any references to sections are references to sections of that Act;
“appropriate office” (“swyddfa briodol”) means —
if an office has been specified under paragraph (2) in relation to any registered person, that office;
in any other case, any office of the National Assembly;
“costs order” (“gorchymyn costau”) has the same meaning as in the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults and Care Standards Tribunal Regulations 2002(1);
“day care” (“gofal dydd”) has the same meaning as in section 79A(6);
“the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cendlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;
“registered person” (“person cofrestredig”) means a person who acts as a child minder or who provides day care and who is registered under section 79F; and
“the Tribunal” (“y Tribiwnlys”) means the tribunal established by section 9 of the Protection of Children Act 1999(2).
(2) The National Assembly may specify an office controlled by it as the appropriate office in relation to a registered person.
(3) In these Regulations a reference —
(a)to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;
(b)in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation;
(c)in a paragraph to a lettered or numbered sub-paragraph is to the sub-paragraph in that paragraph bearing that letter or number.
S.I. 2002/816.