{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-england-regulations-2015/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-england-regulations-2015/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/541",
  "legislation_title": "The Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-england-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Privacy and access",
  "text": "The registered person must ensure that—\n(a) the privacy of children is appropriately protected;\n(b) children can access all appropriate areas of the children's home's premises; and\n(c) any limitation placed on a child's privacy or access to any area of the home's premises—\n(i) is intended to safeguard each child accommodated in the home;\n(ii) is necessary and proportionate;\n(iii) is kept under review and, if necessary, revised; and\n(iv) allows children as much freedom as is possible when balanced against the need to protect them and keep them safe.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/541/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:44:24.411959+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."
}