# The Children (Performances and Activities) (England) Regulations 2014, 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;
“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, 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; 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3309/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-performances-and-activities-england-regulations-2014/regulation-2
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