{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-family-centres-wales-regulations-2003/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-family-centres-wales-regulations-2003/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2003/781",
  "legislation_title": "The Residential Family Centres (Wales) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/residential-family-centres-wales-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Fitness of manager",
  "text": "(1) A person must not manage a residential family centre unless he or she is fit to do so.\n(2) A person is not fit to manage a residential family centre unless—\n(a) the person is of suitable integrity and good character to manage the residential family centre;\n(b) having regard to the size of the residential family centre, the statement of purpose, and the number and needs of the residents —\n(i) the person has the qualifications, skills and experience necessary to manage the centre; and\n(ii) the person is physically and mentally fit to do so;\n(c) full and satisfactory information is available in relation to the person —\n(i) in respect of each matter specified in paragraphs 1 to 6 of Schedule 2;\n(ii) where paragraph (3) applies, in respect of each matter specified in paragraphs 1 and 3 to 7 of Schedule 2;\n(iii) and further, where paragraph (3) applies, in a written report of a check on the lists maintained pursuant to section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1999 and regulations made under section 218 of the Education Reform Act 1988.\n(3) This paragraph applies where an individual has applied for a certificate referred to in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 but the certificate has not been issued.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 40."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2009/2541",
      "affecting_title": "The Children Act 1989, Care Standards Act 2000 and Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2009/2541",
      "affecting_title": "The Children Act 1989, Care Standards Act 2000 and Adoption and Children Act 2002 (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/781/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:11:37.381086+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."
}