{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-119",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-119.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/755",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/119",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "119",
  "heading": "Persons who act as child minders",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part a person acts as a child minder if—\n(a) he looks after one or more children under the age of twelve for reward; and\n(b) the period, or the total of the periods, which he spends so looking after children in any day exceeds two hours.\n(2) A person who—\n(a) is the parent, or a relative, of a child;\n(b) has parental responsibility for a child; or\n(c) is a foster parent of a child,\ndoes not act as a child minder for the purposes of this Part in relation to that child when looking after him.\n(3) For the purposes of this Article, a person fosters a child if—\n(a) he is an authority foster parent in relation to the child;\n(b) he is a foster parent with whom the child has been placed by a voluntary organisation; or\n(c) he fosters the child privately.\n(4) A person who is employed as a nanny for a child does not act as a child minder when looking after that child wholly or mainly in the home of the person who employs the nanny.\n(5) A person who is so employed by two different employers does not act as a child minder when looking after any of the children concerned wholly or mainly in the home of either of the employers.\n(6) For the purposes of this Part a person acts as a nanny for a child when employed to look after the child by—\n(a) a parent of the child;\n(b) a person who is not a parent of the child but who has parental responsibility for him; or\n(c) a person who is a relative of the child and who has assumed responsibility for his care.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2022/18",
      "affecting_title": "Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/755/article/119",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:44:31.848331+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."
}