# The Children’s Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 3: Exemptions from registration and regulation as voluntary home or registered children’s home


The following homes are exempted from the definitions of “voluntary home” in Article 74(1) of the Order and “registered children’s home” in Article 90(1) of the Order—
(a) any home used only to accommodate children for the purpose of a holiday for periods of less than 28 days at a time in the case of any one child;
(b) a probation hostel and a bail hostel as defined in Article 2 of the Probation Board (Northern Ireland) Order 1982;
(c) a hostel run by or on behalf of a professional football club to provide care and accommodation exclusively for professional footballers or trainee professional footballers who are under the age of 18;
(d) an institution within the further education sector within the meaning of Article 100 of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/479/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-3
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