Definition of Independent Visitors (Children) Regulations 1991

• Citation: S.I. 1991/892
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Definition of IndependentVisitors (Children) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 14thOctober 1991.

Section 2 Independent visitors

A person appointed by a local authority as an independent visitorunder paragraph 17(1) of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989 shall beregarded as independent of the local authority appointing him in thefollowing circumstances:

(a) where the person appointed is not connected with the local authorityby virtue of being—

(i) a member of the local authority or any of their committees or sub-committees, whether elected or co-opted; or

(ii) an officer of the local authority employed in the Social ServicesDepartment of that authority; or

(iii) a spouse of any such person;

(b) where the child who is to receive visits from the person appointedis accommodated by an organisation other than the local authority, andthe person appointed is not—

(i) a member of that organisation; or

(ii) a patron or trustee of that organisation; or

(iii) an employee of that organisation, whether paid or not; or

(iv) a spouse of any such person.