Before Part 3 of the Principal Regulations , the following Part is inserted:

PART 2A - Prescribed Matters for Purposes of Certain Sections of Act

4P.     Matters prescribed for section 18A of Act

(1)  In this regulation –

child protection service has the same meaning as in regulation 4M;

Secretary means the Secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 .

(2)  For the purposes of the definition of relevant regulated activity in section 18A(1) of the Act, the regulated activity of child protection service is prescribed to be a relevant regulated activity.

(3)  For the purposes of the definition of special circumstances in section 18A(1) of the Act, the following circumstances are special circumstances in relation to the relevant regulated activity of child protection service:

(a) the Secretary, under section 69(1) of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 , has placed a child or young person, within the meaning of that Act, in the care of a person so as to require the person to engage in that relevant regulated activity;

(b) the Secretary, under section 69(1) of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997 , has placed a child or young person, within the meaning of that Act, in the care of a person (the carer ) so as to require the carer to engage in that relevant regulated activity and another person –

(i) resides with the carer; and

(ii) by the operation of section 5(2) of the Act, is also engaged in that relevant regulated activity.