Section 13 Short title, interpretation and extent.

This Act may be cited as the Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948.

In this Act the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—

• “child” means a person who has not attained the upper limit of compulsory school age;

• “child life protection enactments” means the provisions F1of Part I of the M1Children Act 1958F2of the M2Foster Children Act 1980;

• “compulsory school age”, in England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the M3Education Act 1944, and in Scotland means school age as defined in F3the M4Education (Scotland) Act 1962;

• “hospital” has the same meaning as in F4section 128(1) of the M5National Health Service Act 1977 or, as respects Scotland, F5section 108(1) of the M6National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978;

• F6“local social services authority” means a council which is a local authority for the purposes of the M7Local Authority Social Services Act 1970;

• F7“relative”, in relation to an infant, means a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of the full blood, of the half-blood or by affinity, and includes—

References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment.

This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.