# Children’s Homes Regulations 1991, Regulation 7: Accommodation—general provisions


(1) The responsible authority shall ensure that there is provided within the home for the use of children accommodated there—
(a) a sufficient number of wash basins, baths and showers supplied with hot and cold running water; and
(b) a sufficient number of lavatories,
for the number of children accommodated.
(2) The responsible authority shall ensure that all parts of the home used by children accommodated are—
(a) adequately lit, heated and ventilated;
(b) kept in good structural repair, clean and reasonably decorated and maintained for the purpose of accommodating children.
(3) The responsible authority shall ensure that there are provided within the children’s home suitable facilities for any child accommodated there to meet privately—
(a) his parent;
(b) any person who is not a parent but who has parental responsibility for him;
(c) his relatives or friends;
(d) his solicitor;
(e) his guardian ad litem;
(f) ny independent person appointed in respect of any requirement of the procedure specified in the Representations Procedure (Children) Regulations 1991;
(g) any visitor appointed for the child in accordance with paragraph 17 of Schedule 2 to the Act;
(h) any person authorised in accordance with section 80(2) by the Secretary of State to conduct an inspection of the children’s home and the children there;
(i) n the case of a registered children’s home any person authorised by the registration authority;
(j) n the case of an assisted community home, any person authorised by the local authority named in the instrument of management.
(4) The responsible authority shall ensure that there are provided in the children’s home adequate facilities for laundering linen and clothing used by children accommodated there, and, for children wishing to do so, to wash, dry and iron their own clothes.
(5) The responsible authority shall ensure that a pay telephone is available for children accommodated in the home in a setting where it is possible to make and receive telephone calls in private.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1506/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-1991/regulation-7
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