Health and Personal Social Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2001

Interpretation of this Part – general

22.  In this Part—

“child” means a person under the age of 18;

“day care setting” means a place where persons in need of personal care may attend for the purposes of rehabilitation or counselling, but where they are not provided with board;

“domiciliary care agency” means an undertaking (other than one of a description excepted by regulations) which consists of or includes arranging the provision of personal care in their own homes for persons who by reason of illness, infirmity or disability are unable to provide it for themselves without assistance;

“personal care” has the same meaning as in the Registered Homes Order, but does not include any prescribed activity;

“the Registered Homes Order” means the Registered Homes (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (NI 20);

“residential family centre” means any establishment (other than one of a description excepted by regulations) at which—

(a)

accommodation is provided for children and their parents;

(b)

the parents' capacity to respond to the children’s needs and to safeguard their welfare is monitored or assessed; and

(c)

the parents are given such advice, guidance or counselling as is considered necessary,

and for the purposes of this definition “parent”, in relation to a child, includes any person who is looking after him;

“school” has the same meaning as in the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 3);

“undertaking” includes any business or profession and—

(a)

in relation to a public body, includes the exercise of any functions of that body;

(b)

in relation to any other body of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, includes any of the activities of that body.