Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “admissions policy”, in relation to approved premises, means a policy which specifies the categories of person considered suitable to reside at the premises;

• “approved premises” means premises approved under section 9 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000;

• “community sentence” has the meaning given to it by section 33 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000^f1;

• “management committee” has the meaning given to it by regulation 5;

• “managing body” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to approved premises provided by a local probation board, that board, and

  2. (b)

     in relation to any other approved premises, the management committee established for those premises under regulation 5;

• “relevant local board”, in relation to approved premises, means the local probation board in whose area the approved premises are situated;

• “resident”, in relation to approved premises, means a person who lives in the approved premises otherwise than in the course of his employment, and “reside” shall be construed accordingly.