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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disqualification-from-caring-for-children-wales-regulations-2004/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2004/2695",
  "legislation_title": "The Disqualification from Caring for Children (Wales) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disqualification-from-caring-for-children-wales-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations —\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Children Act 1989;\n“the 2000 Act” (“Deddf 2000”) means the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000;\n“appropriate office” (“swyddfa briodol”) means —\n(a) if an office has been specified under paragraph (2) in relation to any person, that office;\n(b) in any other case, any office of the National Assembly;\n“disqualification order”, “qualifying sentence”, “relevant order” and “senior court” (“gorchymyn datgymhwyso”, “dedfryd gymhwysol”, “gorchymyn perthnasol”, “prif lys”) have the same meanings as in section 30 of the 2000 Act;\n“disqualified” (“wedi'i ddatgymhwyso/ wedi'u datgymhwyso”) means disqualified for registration under Part XA of the Act for child minding or providing day care;\n“the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;\n“offence against a child” (“tramgwydd yn erbyn plentyn”) in relation to offences committed in England and Wales has the meaning given in section 26 of the 2000 Act;\n“rehabilitation period” (“cyfnod adsefydlu”) has the same meaning as in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974;\n“Tribunal” (“Tribiwnlys”) means the Tribunal established by section 9 of the Protection of Children Act 1999.\n(2) The National Assembly may specify an office controlled by it as the appropriate office in relation to any registered person or applicant for registration under Part XA of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1974 c. 53."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1999 c. 14."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "wsi/2008/2691",
      "affecting_title": "The Disqualification from Caring for Children (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "wsi/2008/2691",
      "affecting_title": "The Disqualification from Caring for Children (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "reg. 3(1) renumbered as reg. 3 by SI 2010/2582 Sch. 4 para. 8(2)(c) (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2011/577",
      "affecting_title": "The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No.2, Savings and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) and (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted by SI 2010/2582 Sch. 4 para. 8(2)(a)(i) (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2011/577",
      "affecting_title": "The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No.2, Savings and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) and (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted by SI 2010/2582 Sch. 4 para. 8(2)(a)(ii) (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2011/577",
      "affecting_title": "The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No.2, Savings and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) and (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted by SI 2010/2582 Sch. 4 para. 8(2)(b) (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "wsi/2011/577",
      "affecting_title": "The Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010 (Commencement No.2, Savings and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) and (Consequential Amendments) Order 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/2695/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:07:50.461243+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."
}