{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989-representations-procedure-england-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989-representations-procedure-england-regulations-2006/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1738",
  "legislation_title": "The Children Act 1989 Representations Procedure (England) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989-representations-procedure-england-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Children Act 1989;\n“the 2002 Act” means the Adoption and Children Act 2002 ;\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 to a local authority under section 24D or 26 of the Act;\n“independent person” means a person who is neither a member nor an officer of the local authority to which the representations have been made, nor the spouse or civil partner of such a person;\n“working day” means a day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2002 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1738/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:26:36.620845+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."
}