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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the circumstances in which a personappointed as an independent visitor is to be regarded as independent ofthe local authority appointing him.

Regulation 2(a) provides that certain local authority members,employees and their spouses, are not to be regarded as independent.Regulation 2(b) provides that where the child is accommodated by someorganisation other than a local authority, certain persons connectedwith that organisation shall not be regarded as independent.