{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/definition-of-independent-visitors-children-regulations-1991/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/892",
  "legislation_title": "Definition of Independent Visitors (Children) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/definition-of-independent-visitors-children-regulations-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations prescribe the circumstances in which a personappointed as an independent visitor is to be regarded as independent ofthe local authority appointing him.\nRegulation 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/892/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:46:12.480098+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}