Day Care (Exempt Supervised Activities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1996 No. 444

CHILDREN

Day Care (Exempt Supervised Activities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Made

23rd September 1996

Coming into operation

4th November 1996

The Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 121(6) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Day Care (Exempt Supervised Activities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 4th November 1996.

Supervised activities exempted from registration

2.  The supervised activities exempted from registration required under the provisions of Article 118(1)(b) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 are those relating to—

(a) uniformed organisations and religious activities for children;

(b) leisure and recreational activities;

(c) extra-curricular activities occurring in schools; and

(d) activities designed to enhance a child’s skills and attainments, including dancing, and sports-related activities and educational tuition.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on 23rd September 1996.

L.S.

P. A. Conliffe

Assistant Secretary

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations provide for the exemption from the registration requirements of Article 118(1)(b) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (“the Order”) of persons providing certain supervised activities for children.

Article 121(6) of the Order is the enabling provision under which these Regulations are made. It was brought into operation on 18th July 1996 by virtue of Article 2(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Children (1995 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 297 (C. 17)).

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S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)