{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-safeguarding-children-boards-wales-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2006/1705",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Safeguarding Children Boards (Wales) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-safeguarding-children-boards-wales-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“2004 Act” (“Deddf 2004”) means the Children Act 2004;\n“area” (“ardal”) means the area for which a Board is established;\n“Board” (“Bwrdd”) means either a Local Safeguarding Children Board established for the area of a children’s services authority in Wales or a Local Safeguarding Children Board established for the area of two or more children’s services authorities in Wales\n“Chair” (“Cadeirydd”) , in relation to a Board, means the person who holds a current appointment to act as such under regulation 6;\n“chief education officer” (“prif swyddog addysg”) means an officer appointed under section 532 of the Education Act 1996;\n“children’s services authority” (“awdurdod gwasanaethau plant”), in relation to a Board, means the authority or authorities by whom the Board is established\n“director of social services” (“cyfarwyddwr gwasanaethau cymdeithasol”) has the same meaning as in the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970;\n“harm” (“niwed”) has the meaning given in section 31(9) of the Children Act 1989;\n“member” (“aelod”) has the meaning given by regulation 6(1);\n“overview report” (“adroddiad trosolwg”) has the meaning given by regulation 4(4)(b);\n“principal office” (“prif swyddfa”), in relation to a Board, means the premises designated as such by the Board;\n“registered nurse” (“nyrs gofrestredig”) means a nurse or midwife registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council;\n“representative body” (“corff cynrychioliadol”) means a body who has appointed a person to act as its representative on the Board;\n“serious case review” (“adolygiad achos difrifol”) has the meaning given in regulation 4.\n(2) In these Regulations, a reference—\n(a) to a numbered Regulation is to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations;\n(b) in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph bearing that number in that regulation;\n(c) in a paragraph to a numbered sub-paragraph is to the sub-paragraph bearing that number in that paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 31(1) of the 2004 Act requires each children’s services authority in Wales to establish a Local Safeguarding Children Board for their area. Section 31(9) permits two or more authorities to discharge their respective duties under section 31(1) by establishing a Board for their combined area."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1970 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1989 p.41."
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "wsi/2010/1142",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2010"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2010"
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      "affecting_title": "The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Subordinate Legislation) (Wales) Order 2010"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/1705/regulation/2",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}