
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Protection of Children (Child Care Organisations) Regulations 2000, and come into force on 2nd October 2000.
2 
The following enactments are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of “child care organisation” in section 12(1) of the Protection of Children Act 1999:—
(a) Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, sections 2 and 7A to 7D;
(b) Adoption Act 1976, section 9;
(c) National Health Service Act 1977, sections 8 and 15 to 18A, Schedule 5 and Schedule 5A;
(d) Registered Homes Act 1984 sections 16 and 26;
(e) Children Act 1989, sections 72 and 73, paragraph 4 of Schedule 4, paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 and paragraph 10 of Schedule 6;
(f) National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, section 5 and Schedule 2;
(g) Criminal Justice Act 1991, sections 84 to 88A;
(h) Probation Service Act 1993, section 25; and
(i) Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, sections 7 to 15.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Yvette Cooper
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health,
Department of Health
11th September 2000