{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advocacy-services-and-representations-procedure-children-amendment-regulations-2004/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advocacy-services-and-representations-procedure-children-amendment-regulations-2004/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/719",
  "legislation_title": "The Advocacy Services and Representations Procedure (Children) (Amendment) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/advocacy-services-and-representations-procedure-children-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Children Act 1989;\n“advocacy services” means assistance provided under arrangements made by a local authority under section 26A(1) of the Act;\n“advocate” means a person who provides assistance under arrangements made by a local authority under section 26A(1) of the Act;\n“complainant” means a person making representations under section 24D of the Act or a child making representations under section 26 of the Act;\n“the Representations Regulations” means the Representations Procedure (Children) Regulations 1991.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/894; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/2033, 2001/2874."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/719/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:29:46.751343+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}