UK Offence Report

The Disqualification for Caring for Children Regulations 1991 (revoked)

UK Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 2094 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
17 September 1991
In force from
14 October 1991
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Miscellaneous
Made under
Schedule 9 to the Children Act 1989

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Regulations replace the disqualifications contained in the Nurseries and Childminders Regulation Act 1948, the Child Care Act 1980 and the Foster Children Act 1980 which are repealed by the Children Act 1989. The Regulations also include the disqualifications contained in the Children’s Homes Act 1982 (c. 20) which had not been brought into force and are repealed by the 1989 Act. To the extent that they apply to disqualification from registration for childminding and day care the Regulations extend also to Scotland. Regulation 2 and the Schedule specify various circumstances in which a person is disqualified from fostering a child privately; is disqualified from being registered as a childminder on domestic premises or as a person who provides day care for children under 8 on non-domestic premises; and Regulation 3 provides that a person who is disqualified under section 68 of the Act from fostering a child privately shall not carry on or be involved with a voluntary children’s home or employed in such an establishment without the consent of the Secretary of State. By virtue of section 65 of the Children Act 1989 a person who is disqualified from fostering a child privately is also disqualified from carrying on or being concerned in the management of a children’s home or be employed in such an establishment without the consent of the local authority. Unlike the preceding legislation which related only to a specific activity, a disqualification under these provisions will serve also to disqualify a person from any of the activities specified in these Regulations.

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