# The Residential Holiday Schemes for Disabled Children (England) Regulations 2013, Regulation 14: Behaviour management and discipline

Extent: E+W

(1) No measure which is—
(a) excessive;
(b) unreasonable; or
(c) of a type listed in paragraph (2),
may be used for the control or discipline of children accommodated by the scheme.
(2) The measures are—
(a) corporal punishment;
(b) a punishment involving the consumption or deprivation of food or drink;
(c) a restriction, other than one imposed by a court, on—
(i) a child’s contact with parents, relatives or friends;
(ii) a visit to the child by the child’s parents, relatives or friends; or
(iii) a child’s access to a telephone helpline providing counselling for children;
(d) a requirement that a child wears distinctive or inappropriate clothes;
(e) the use or withholding of medication or medical or dental treatment;
(f) the intentional deprivation of sleep;
(g) the imposition of a financial penalty, other than a requirement for the payment of a reasonable sum (which may be by instalments) by way of reparation;
(h) an intimate physical examination of the child;
(i) the withholding of any aids or equipment needed by a disabled child;
(j) a measure which involves—
(i) a child in the imposition of a measure against another child; or
(ii) the punishment of a group of children for the behaviour of an individual child.
(3) Nothing in this regulation prohibits—
(a) the taking of action by, or in accordance with the instructions of—
(i) a registered medical practitioner; or
(ii) a registered dental practitioner,
which is necessary to protect the child’s health;
(b) the taking of any necessary action to prevent injury to any person or serious damage to property; or
(c) the imposition of a requirement that a child wears distinctive clothing for sporting purposes, or for purposes connected with the child’s education or with any organisation whose members customarily wear uniform in connection with its activities.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1394/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/residential-holiday-schemes-for-disabled-children-england-regulations-2013/regulation-14
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