These Regulations may be cited as the Inspection of Premises, Children and Records (Children Accommodated in Schools) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 4th September 2000.

In these Regulations—

• “authorised person” means a person authorised by an authority under Article 176(4) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (children accommodated in schools) who enters a school in exercise of the power conferred by that Article;

• “relevant school” means, in relation to an inspection, any school which provides accommodation for a child within the area of the authority which authorised the person carrying out the inspection.