# The Day Care and Child Minding (National Standards) (England) Regulations 2003, 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—
(a) who is not his parent but who has parental responsibility for him, or
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1996/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/day-care-and-child-minding-national-standards-england-regulations-2003/regulation-3
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