Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Children (Leaving Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2005.

In these Regulations –

• “the Order” means the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

• “placement” means the provision of accommodation and maintenance by an authority for a child it is looking after by any of the means specified in Article 27(2)(a) to (d) or (f) of the Order;

• “primary medical services” has the same meaning as in Article 2 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972^f1;

• “responsible authority” –

  1. (a)

     in relation to an eligible child^f2, means the authority looking after him; and

  2. (b)

     in relation to a relevant child^f3 or a former relevant child^f4, has the meaning given to it by Article 34B(4) of the Order.