{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/479",
  "legislation_title": "The Children’s Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Regulations and guidance",
  "text": "A copy of these Regulations and of any relevant guidance issued by the Department shall be kept in each children’s home and made available when required to—\n(a) all staff;\n(b) every child accommodated in the home;\n(c) the parents or guardians of any child accommodated in the home; and\n(d) any person who is not a parent of a child accommodated in the home but has parental responsibility for him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "This guidance is published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and is available from HMSO Bookshop, 16 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GD or direct from it by post"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/479/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:33:03.530010+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."
}