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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations specify various circumstances in which a person—

(a)

is disqualified from fostering a child privately; and

(b)

is disqualified from being registered as a child minder on domestic premises or as a person who provides day care for children under the age of 12 on non-domestic premises.

Articles 109(1) and (2) and 122(1) and (2) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 are the enabling provisions under which these Regulations are made. They were brought into operation on 18th July 1996 by virtue of Article 2(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Children (1995 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 297 (C. 17)).