{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/schedule-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/176",
  "legislation_title": "The Children’s Homes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/childrens-homes-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "schedule/5",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "EVENTS AND NOTIFICATIONS",
  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nEvent:\nTo be notified to:\nRQIA\nPlacing authority\nDepartment of Health, Social Services and Public Safety\nHSS trust in whose area the home is located\nPolice\nDirector of Public Health of the HSS Board\nDeath of a child accommodated in the home\nYes\nYes\nYes\nYes\nYes\nReferral to the Department pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 of an individual working at the home\nYes\nYes\nYes\nYes\nSerious illness or serious accident sustained by a child accommodated in the home\nYes\nYes\nOutbreak of any infectious disease which in the opinion of a registered medical practitioner attending children at the home is sufficiently serious to be so notified\nYes\nYes\nYes\nAllegation that a child accommodated at the home has committed a serious offence\nYes\nYes\nYes\nYes (follow-ing con-sultation with the placing authority)\nInvolvement or suspected involvement of a child accommodated at the home in sexual exploitation\nYes\nYes\nYes\nYes (follow-ing con-sultation with the placing authority)\nSerious incident necessitating calling the police to the home\nYes\nYes\nYes\nAbsconding by a child accommodated at the home\nYes\nYes\nAny serious complaint about the home or persons working there\nYes\nYes\nYes\nInstigation and outcome of any child protection enquiry involving a child accommodated at the home\nYes\nYes\nYes (follow-ing con-sultation with the placing authority)\nAny serious adverse event as defined in accordance with Departmental guidance\nYes",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Regulation substituted (11.4.2014) by Health and Social Care (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (c. 5), Sch. para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. para. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 in operation at 1.4.2005, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Article 32 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)) provides that the Chief Administrative Medical Officer of a Health and Social Services Board shall be known as the Director of Public Health"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/417 (N.I. 4), Art. 4(1) came into operation with effect from 30th November 2004"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/176/schedule/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:52:51.907347+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."
}