{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-private-arrangements-for-fostering-wales-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-private-arrangements-for-fostering-wales-regulations-2006/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2006/940",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Private Arrangements for Fostering) (Wales) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-private-arrangements-for-fostering-wales-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations,\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Children Act 1989;\n“appropriate local authority” (“awdurdod lleol priodol”) means—\n(i) the local authority within whose area the child is being privately fostered; or\n(ii) in the case of a proposal to privately foster a child, the local authority within whose area it is proposed that the child will be privately fostered;\n“private foster carer” (“gofalydd maeth preifat”) means a person who fosters a child privately; and\n“working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/940/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:04:09.075909+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."
}