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Statutory Instruments
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
Made
2nd April 1991
Laid before Parliament
10th April 1991
Coming into force
14th October 1991
The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powersconferred by paragraph 17(7) of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalfhereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Definition of IndependentVisitors (Children) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 14thOctober 1991.
2. A person appointed by a local authority as an independent visitorunder paragraph 17(1) of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989 shall beregarded as independent of the local authority appointing him in thefollowing circumstances:
(a)where the person appointed is not connected with the local authorityby virtue of being—
(i)a member of the local authority or any of their committees or sub-committees, whether elected or co-opted; or
(ii)an officer of the local authority employed in the Social ServicesDepartment of that authority; or
(iii)a spouse of any such person;
(b)where the child who is to receive visits from the person appointedis accommodated by an organisation other than the local authority, andthe person appointed is not—
(i)a member of that organisation; or
(ii)a patron or trustee of that organisation; or
(iii)an employee of that organisation, whether paid or not; or
(iv)a spouse of any such person.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Virginia Bottomley
Minister of State,
Department of Health
2nd April 1991
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations prescribe the circumstances in which a personappointed as an independent visitor is to be regarded as independent ofthe local authority appointing him.
Regulation 2(a) provides that certain local authority members,employees and their spouses, are not to be regarded as independent.Regulation 2(b) provides that where the child is accommodated by someorganisation other than a local authority, certain persons connectedwith that organisation shall not be regarded as independent.
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