{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-wales-measure-2010/section-71",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-wales-measure-2010/section-71.json",
  "legislation": "mwa/2010/1",
  "legislation_title": "Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-wales-measure-2010",
  "path": "section/71",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "General interpretation",
  "text": "In this Measure—\n“child” (“plentyn”) means a person who has not attained the age of 18;\n“child minding” (“gwarchod plant”) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 19 for the purposes of Part 2;\n“day care for children” (“gofal dydd i blant”) (and “day care” (“gofal dydd”)) is to be interpreted in accordance with section 19 for the purposes of Part 2;\n“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county council or a county borough council in Wales;\n“Local Health Board” (“Bwrdd Iechyd Lleol”) means a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 (c. 42);\n“premises” (“mangre”) includes any area and any vehicle;\n“prescribed” (“rhagnodi”) means prescribed in regulations;\n“regulations” (“rheoliadau”) means regulations made by the Welsh Ministers;\n“Welsh authority” (“awdurdod Cymreig”) means a person specified in section 6(1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 71 in force at 19.11.2025 by S.I. 2025/1193, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2010/1/section/71",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:47.678679+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."
}