# The Care Standards Act 2000 (Registration)(England) Regulations 2010, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Care Standards Act 2000;
“applicant” means a person seeking to be registered;
“behaviour management policy” has the meaning given to it in regulation 17(2) of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001;
“children’s guide” has the meaning given to it—
(a) in relation to a children’s home in regulation 4(3) (statement of purpose and children’s guide) of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001;
(b) in relation to a fostering agency in regulation 3(3) (statement of purpose and children’s guide) of the Fostering Services Regulations 2002;
(c) in relation to an adoption support agency in regulation 5(4) (statement of purpose and children’s guide) of the Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005; and
(d) in relation to a voluntary adoption agency in regulation 24C (children’s guide) of the Voluntary Adoption Agencies and the Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003;
“CI” means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector for Education, Children’s Services and Skills;
“holding company” has the meaning given to it by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;
“organisation” means a body corporate or any unincorporated association other than a partnership;
“placement plan” has the meaning given to it in regulation 12 (child’s placement plan) of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001;
“refuge” means a residential home for children who appear to be at risk of harm for which a certificate has been issued by the Secretary of State under section 51 of the Children Act 1989;
“registered” means registered under Part 2 of the Act;
“registered manager” means a person who is registered as the manager of an establishment or agency;
“registered person” means a person who is the registered provider or registered manager in respect of an establishment or agency;
“registered provider” means a person who is registered as a person carrying on an establishment or agency;
“registration” means registration under Part 2 of the Act;
“relative”, in relation to any person, means—
(a) the person’s spouse or civil partner;
(b) any parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the person or the person’s spouse or civil partner;
(c) the spouse or civil partner of any relative within paragraph (b) of this definition,
and for the purpose of determining any such relationship a person’s step-child shall be treated as his child, and references to “spouse or civil partner” in relation to any person include a former spouse or civil partner and a person who is living with the person as husband and wife or as if they were civil partners;
“representative” means, in relation to a service user, a person, other than the registered person or a person employed at or for the purposes of the establishment or agency, who with the service user’s express or implied consent takes an interest in the service user’s health and welfare;
“resident’s guide” has the meaning given to it in regulation 4 (statement of purpose and resident’s guide) of the Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002;
“responsible individual” means an individual who is a director, manager, secretary or other officer of an organisation and is responsible for supervising the management of an establishment or agency;
“responsible person” means—
(a) where the applicant is an individual—
(i) the applicant; and
(ii) if the applicant carries on or intends to carry on the establishment or agency in partnership with others, each partner of his;
(b) where the applicant is a partnership, each member of the partnership;
(c) where the applicant is an organisation, the responsible individual;
“service user” means any person who is to be provided with accommodation or services in an establishment, or by an agency;
“statement of purpose” means—
(a) in relation to a children’s home, the written statement required in relation to the children’s home in accordance with regulation 4(1) of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2001;
(b) in relation to a residential family centre, the written statement required in relation to the residential family centre in accordance with regulation 4(1) of the Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002;
(c) in relation to a fostering agency, the written statement required in relation to the fostering agency in accordance with regulation 3(1) of the Fostering Services Regulations 2002;
(d) in relation to a voluntary adoption agency, the written statement required in relation to the voluntary adoption agency in accordance with regulation 3(1) of the Voluntary Adoption Agencies and the Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003;
(e) in relation to an adoption support agency, the written statement required in relation to the adoption support agency in accordance with regulation 5(1) of the Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005;
“subsidiary” has the meaning given to it by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.
(2) In these Regulations, references to an establishment or agency are to be construed as references—
(a) in the case of an applicant, to the establishment or agency in respect of which the applicant is seeking to be registered;
(b) in the case of a registered person, to the establishment or agency in respect of which the applicant is registered.
(3) In these Regulations the terms “employed” and “employment” include employment under a contract of service or a contract for services, or otherwise than under a contract and whether or not for payment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2130/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/care-standards-act-2000-registrationengland-regulations-2010/regulation-2
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