{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/refuges-for-children-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/refuges-for-children-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3259",
  "legislation_title": "The Refuges for Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/refuges-for-children-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“the Act” means the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;\n“the 1968 Act” means the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968;\n“authorised officer” means a police constable for the time being authorised for the purpose of these Regulations by the chief constable for the police area within which–\n(a) a residential establishment which is designated or approved as a refuge in pursuance of section 38(1) (short-term refuges for children at risk of harm) of the Act is situated, or\n(b) a household which is designated as a refuge in pursuance of section 38(1)(a)(ii) of the Act is situated;\n“responsible person” in relation to a child means–\n(a) except where a person has care of the child as mentioned in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) below–\n(i) a parent of his;\n(ii) a person who is not a parent of his, but who has parental responsibility in respect of him; and\n(iii) any person who ordinarily has charge of, or control over, him;\n(b) any person (excluding a local authority) who for the time being has responsibilities as respects the child by virtue of an order made, or authorisation or warrant granted, under Chapter 2, 3 or 4 of Part II of the Act;\n(c) any local authority looking after a child in terms of section 17(6) of the Act;\n(d) any person (including a local authority) providing accommodation to a child looked after by a local authority by any of the means specified in section 26 of the Act.\n(2) In these Regulations any reference to a numbered regulation shall be construed as a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 49."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3259/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:33.645972+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."
}