“child” means a person under the age of 18 years and any person who has attained that age and is the subject of a care order within the meaning of the M1Children and Young Persons Act 1969;

“children’s home” shall be construed in accordance with section 1 above;

“local authority” means, except in section 1(2)(d) and (e) above, the council of a non-metropolitan county, metropolitan district or London borough, or the Common Council of the City of London, and in those provisions means a local authority within the meaning of the M2Local Government Act 1972;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under section 8 above;

“registered home” means a children’s home registered under this Act, and “registration” means registration thereunder;

“responsible authority”, in relation to a registered home, means the local authority which registered it under this Act.