{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-protection-at-work-regulations-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-protection-at-work-regulations-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1333",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Protection at Work) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-protection-at-work-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 17th May 2000\nLaid before Parliament 17th May 2000\nComing into force 7th June 2000\nThe Secretary of State for Health, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the employment of children and young persons, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 2(2) and of all powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the European Communities (Designation) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/266), article 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1333/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:36.364434+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."
}