
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