# The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Detained Persons) Regulations 2015, Regulation 31: Where a child's parent lacks capacity


(1) If the appropriate person is the child's parent and the parent lacks capacity at the relevant time, references in—
(a) Part 3 of the Act, and
(b) these Regulations,
to the appropriate person are to be read as references to a representative of the parent.
(2) If the child's parent lacks capacity at the relevant time references to a child's parent in these regulations, except the reference in regulation 6(1)(b)(iv), are to be read as references to a representative of the parent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/62/regulation/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/special-educational-needs-and-disability-detained-persons-regulations-2015/regulation-31
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