Regulation 3 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Children Act 1989;

• “the 2000 Act” means the Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000 ^f1;

• “direction” means a direction made, or which has effect as if made, under section 142 of the Education Act 2002 ^f2 on the grounds set out in subsection (4)(a) or (b) of that section;

• “disqualified” means disqualified for registration under Part XA of the Act for child minding or providing day care;

• “HMCI” means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England;

• “qualifying sentence”, “senior court” and “relevant order” have the same meaning as in section 30(1) of the 2000 Act;

• “rehabilitation period” has the same meaning as in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974^f3;