{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-children-act-2004-information-database-england-regulations-2007/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-children-act-2004-information-database-england-regulations-2007/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110777450",
  "legislation_title": "The Children Act 2004 Information Database (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-children-act-2004-information-database-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Children Act 2004;\n“archived information” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 8;\n“child record” in relation to a child or participating young person (including a child or participating young person who is not ordinarily resident in England or who has died) means the information contained in the database relating to that person;\n“the database” means the database established and operated, or to be established and operated, by the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families under section 12 of the Act;\n“local authority” means a children’s services authority in England within the meaning of section 65(1) of the Act;\n“national partner” has the meaning given in regulation 9(1)(b);\n“parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Children Act 1989;\n“participating young person” has the meaning given in regulation 4(2);\n“relevant young person” means a person (other than a child) in relation to whom arrangements under section 10 of the Act may be made;\n“a Schedule 4 body” has the meaning given in regulation 11(1)(a);\n“a Schedule 5 body” has the meaning given in regulation 11(1)(b);\n“sensitive service” means a specialist or targeted service which relates to—\n(a) sexual health,\n(b) mental health, or\n(c) substance abuse;\n“specialist or targeted service” means any service which is not normally provided to all persons in a particular age group.\n(2) In these Regulations any reference to a child record for which a local authority is responsible means a child record for which, by virtue of regulation 3(2), the authority is responsible, and references to a local authority being responsible for child records are to be construed accordingly.\n(3) In these Regulations any reference to a person employed includes a person employed whether under a contract of service or a contract for services, a person seconded to the organisation in question and a person working as a volunteer, and references to an employee are to be construed accordingly.\n(4) In these Regulations a person (A) is not to be treated as having the care of another person (B) by reason only of the fact that A acts as a childminder to B or provides day care to B for part of the day only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 41."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110777450/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:17:42.036655+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."
}