Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1933 Act” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1933;

• “the 1963 Act” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1963;

• “activity” means taking part in a sport, or working as a model in the circumstances specified in section 37(1)(b) of the 1963 Act;

• “chaperone” has the meaning given in regulation 15(1);

• “day” means a period of twenty-four hours beginning and ending at midnight and, for the purposes of regulation 28 and paragraph 13 of Part 2 of Schedule 2, any performance taking place after midnight and before the earliest permitted hour as defined in regulation 21 shall be deemed to have taken place before midnight;

• “education authority” has the meaning given by section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980^f1;

• “host authority” means the local authority or, in Scotland, the education authority in whose area a performance or activity takes place;

• “licence holder” means the person to whom a licence is granted by the licensing authority;

• “licensing authority” means the local authority to which the application for a licence is made and which grants the licence;

• “parent” means a person who has parental responsibility, as defined in section 3 of the Children Act 1989^f2, for the child in question;

• “rehearsal” means, other than for the purposes of paragraph 15 of Part 2 of Schedule 2, any rehearsal for, or preparation for, a performance, being a rehearsal which takes place on the day of performance or during the period beginning with the first and ending with the last performance;

• “school leaving age” means the age at which a person ceases to be of compulsory school age in accordance with section 8(3) of the Education Act 1996^f3; and

• “week” means a period of seven days beginning with the day on which the first performance or activity for which the licence is granted takes place or any seventh day after that.