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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations make provision in respect of voluntary homes and registered children’s homes which are used as refuges and foster parents who provide refuges in accordance with Article 70 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (“the Order”). Regulation 2 provides for the requirements which are to be complied with while a certificate is in force and regulation 3 makes provision for the withdrawal of certificates by the Department of Health and Social Services.

Article 70(4) of the Order is the enabling provision under which these Regulations are made. It was 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)).