1. These Regulations may be cited as the Representations Procedure(Children) Regulations 1991, and shall come into force on 14th October1991.
2.—(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the Act” means the Children Act 1989;
“complainant” means a person qualifying for advice and assistance about thedischarge of their functions by a local authority under Part III of theAct in relation to him, or a person specified in section 26(3)(a) to (e)of the Act making any representations;
“independent person” means in relation to representations made to, or treated as beingmade to, a local authority, a person who is neither a member nor anofficer of that authority;
“panel” means a panel of 3 persons;
“representations” means representations referred to in sections 24(14) or 26(3) ofthe Act.
(2) Any notice required under these Regulations is to be given inwriting and may be sent by post.
(3) In these Regulations unless the context requires otherwise—
(a)any reference to a numbered section is to the section in the Actbearing that number;
(b)any reference to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in theseRegulations bearing that number, and any reference in a regulation to anumbered paragraph is to the paragraph of that regulation bearing thatnumber.