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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Children’s Homes (Control and Discipline) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 19th February 1990.
(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“the 1980 Act” means the Child Care Act 1980;
“home” means a community home (whether a community home maintained by a local authority, or a controlled community home or an assisted community home) or a voluntary home and —
“controlled community home” means a community home designated as a controlled community home in accordance with section 31(4) of the 1980 Act(1);
“assisted community home” means a community home designated as an assisted community home in accordance with section 31(5) of the 1980 Act;
“voluntary home” has the meaning given by section 56 of the 1980 Act(2) but does not include a voluntary home which is a controlled community home or an assisted community home;
“responsible body” means —
in relation to a controlled community home, and a community home maintained by a local authority, the local authority responsible for its management;
in relation to an assisted community home, the voluntary organisation responsible for its management;
in relation to a voluntary home, the persons carrying on the home.
Section 31 was substituted for sections 31 to 34 of the 1980 Act by section 4(1) of the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41).
Section 56 was amended by the Registered Homes Act 1984 (c. 23), Schedule 1, paragraph 6.
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