{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-establishments-child-care-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-establishments-child-care-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3256",
  "legislation_title": "The Residential Establishments – Child Care (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-establishments-child-care-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "This Part of these Regulations shall apply to any residential establishment which provides residential accommodation for children and–\n(a) is controlled or managed by a local authority; or\n(b) is one in respect of which a person is required to be registered under section 61 of the Act; or\n(c) is a school which is registered voluntarily in accordance with section 61A of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 61 was amended by section 1 of the Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 40) and by section 34 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 61A was inserted by section 2 of the Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987, and substituted by section 34(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3256/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:28:35.957914+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."
}