Regulation 3 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Children Act 1989;

• “child care category” means each one of the five categories of child minding and day care provision set out in the national standards documents;

• “corporal punishment” means anything done for the purpose of punishing the child (whether or not there are other reasons for doing it) which, absent any justification, would constitute battery;

• “national standards” means the standards numbered 1 to 14 set out in each of the national standards documents;

• “national standards document” means a document published by the Department for Education and Skills listed in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

• “parent”, in relation to a child, includes any person—

  1. (a)

     who is not his parent but who has parental responsibility for him, or

  2. (b)

     who has care of him;

• “person in charge” means in relation to day care the individual appointed by the registered person as the person in charge of providing actual day care on the premises;

• “premises” means the premises where day care or child minding is provided as described on the certificate of registration ;

• “registered person” means a person registered under Part XA of the Act as a child minder or a provider of day care;

• “supporting criteria” means the criteria set out in respect of each national standard in each national standards document.