# The Children (Protection from Offenders) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Children’s Homes Regulations 1991


(1) The Children’s Homes Regulations 1991 are amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 5 (staffing of children’s homes), after paragraph (2) insert the following paragraph—
“(3) Before employing or engaging the services of any person in a children’s home in a position which involves substantial and unsupervised access to children on a sustained or regular basis, the responsible authority shall, so far as practicable, take steps to obtain information about his previous criminal convictions (if any) and any cautions given by a constable in respect of criminal offences.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2308/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-protection-from-offenders-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1997/regulation-4
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