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These Regulations may be cited as the Community Homes Regulations, 2012.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Definitions 2. In these Regulations \u2014 \u201cassisted community home\u201d means a community home designated as an assisted community home in accordance with section 55(5) of the Law; \u201ccommunity home\u201d has the meaning given by section 55(3) of the Law and includes a community home maintained by the Department, a controlled community home or an assisted community home and the expression \u201chome\u201d shall be construed accordingly; \u201ccontrolled community home\u201d means a community home designated as a controlled community home in accordance with section 55(4) of the Law; \u201cLaw\u201d means the Children Law, 2003; \u201cmedicinal product\u201d means any substance, article or device (including any instrument, apparatus or appliance) which is manufactured, sold, supplied or imported for use wholly or mainly in either or both of the following ways \u2014 Regulation 3 SL 65 of 2012 (a) use by being administered to one or more human beings for a medicinal purpose; (b) use as an ingredient in the preparation of a substance, article or device which is being administered to one or more human beings for a medicinal purpose; \u201cperson in charge\u201d means the person appointed by the responsible authority as the person in charge of the management of the community home; \u201cregistered medical practitioner\u201d means a person registered under the Health Practice Law (2005 Revision); \u201cregistered nurse\u201d means a person registered under the Health Practice Law (2005 Revision); and \u201cresponsible authority\u201d means \u2014 (a) the Department, in the case of a maintained community home; or (b) in the case of a controlled or assisted community home \u2014 (i) the body of managers; or (ii) where a matter is reserved by Law or an instrument of management, the Department or voluntary organisation. 3. Application of Regulations 3. (1) These Regulations shall not apply to premises used only to accommodate children for the purpose of a holiday for periods of less than twenty-eight days at a time in the case of any one child. (2) Subject to section 64(11) of and Schedule 7 to the Law, any home in which a child is cared for and accommodated by a person who \u2014 (a) is an approved department foster parent in relation to the child; or (b) fosters the child privately, is, so far as the provision of care and accommodation for that child is concerned, exempt from the definition of a \u201ccommunity home\u201d in section 55(3) of the Law. PART II - CONDUCT OF COMMUNITY HOMES\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Statement of purpose and function of community homes 4. (1) The responsible authority shall, within three months of the coming into force of these Regulations, compile, maintain and keep up to date, a written statement of the particulars mentioned in Part I of Schedule 1 relating to a community home. Regulation 5 SL 65 of 2012 (2) The statement referred to in paragraph (1) shall be made available for inspection by the persons referred to in Part II of Schedule 1, in addition to any other person who has a right under the Law to inspect this statement.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Staffing of community homes 5. (1) The responsible authority shall ensure that the number of staff in a community home and their experience and qualifications are adequate to ensure that the welfare of the children in the community home is safeguarded and promoted at all times. (2) The responsible authority shall ensure that the particulars specified in Part I of Schedule 1 are brought to the notice of all staff in the home.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Accommodation for individual children\u2019s needs 6. (1) The responsible authority shall ensure that, insofar as it is practicable, each child in a community home is provided with an area within the home which is suitable for his needs. (2) The area referred to in paragraph (1) shall be equipped with \u2014 (a) all the appropriate furnishings that would make the home habitable; and (b) facilities that meet the needs of a child who is suffering from a physical or mental disability.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Provision of adequate conveniences 7. (1) The responsible authority shall ensure that the home is provided with wash basins, hot and cold water, showers and toilets. (2) The responsible authority shall ensure that all parts of the home are \u2014 (a) adequately lit and ventilated; (b) kept in good structural repair; (c) kept sanitary; and (d) reasonably decorated and maintained. (3) The responsible authority shall provide adequate facilities in the home for a child to meet privately with \u2014 (a) his parents; (b) any person who has parental responsibility for him; (c) his relatives or friends; (d) his attorney-at-law; (e) his guardian ad litem; (f) any independent person appointed for the child pursuant to the Representation Procedure (Children) Regulations, 2012; Regulation 8 SL 65 of 2012 (g) any visitor appointed for the child in accordance with paragraph 14(7) of Schedule 2 to the Law; and (h) any person authorised in accordance with section 80(2) of the Law to conduct an inspection of the community home. (4) The responsible authority shall provide the children with adequate laundry facilities and other grooming conveniences. (5) The responsible authority shall provide adequate private telephone facilities for the use of the children in the home in accordance with the policies of the home.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Control and discipline 8. (1) The responsible authority of a community home shall only apply those disciplinary measures within the home as are approved by the Department. (2) The following acts shall not be practised in a community home \u2014 (a) corporal punishment; (b) any deprivation of food or drink; (c) any restriction on visits to or by any child unless it is in the best interest of the child; (d) any restriction on or delay in communications by telephone or post with \u2014 (i) his parents, unless it is in the best interest of the child; (ii) any person who has parental responsibility for him, unless it is in the best interest of the child; (iii) his relatives or friends, unless it is in the best interest of the child; (iv) his attorney-at-law; (v) his guardian ad litem; (vi) any independent person appointed for the child pursuant to Representation Procedure (Children) Regulations, 2012; (vii) any visitor appointed for the child in accordance with paragraph 14(7) of Schedule 2 to the Law; (viii) any social worker assigned to the child by the Department; (e) any requirement that a child wear inappropriate clothes; (f) the deprivation of any form of health care or medication; (g) the intentional deprivation of sleep; and (h) any intimate physical examination of a child by any person other than a registered medical practitioner. Regulation 9 SL 65 of 2012 (3) Where disciplinary action has been taken against a child in a community home, the responsible authority shall, within twenty-four hours of the action, record or cause to be recorded in writing full particulars of the disciplinary action taken. (4) The particulars referred to in paragraph (3) shall include \u2014 (a) the date on which the action was taken; (b) the reasons for the action; (c) the name of the child against whom the action was taken; and (d) the name of the person who enforced the action.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Storage of medicinal products 9. (1) Subject to paragraph (3), the responsible authority shall store or cause to be stored in a secure place any medicinal product which is kept in the home so as to prevent any child accommodated in the home from having access to it otherwise than under the supervision of a member of staff of the home. (2) Subject to paragraph (3), all medicinal products shall be administered by a member of staff of the community home acting on instructions received from a registered nurse or registered medical practitioner or by the registered nurse or registered medical practitioner. (3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to a medicinal product which \u2014 (a) is stored by the child for whom it is provided in such a way that others are denied access to it; and (b) may safely be self-administered by that child.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Employment and education of older children 10. The responsible authority shall assist with the making of arrangements for a child to pursue tertiary education, advanced training or gainful employment, where that child has attained the age where it is no longer required to provide compulsory fulltime education.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Religious observance 11. The responsible authority shall enable each child accommodated in a community home, insofar as it is practicable, to attend the services of, to receive instruction in, and to observe any requirement of the religious persuasion to which he belongs.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Food provided for child and cooking facilities 12. (1) The responsible authority shall ensure that a child accommodated in a community home is provided with food which is properly prepared, nutritious and provided in adequate quantities to meet the needs of the child. Regulation 13 SL 65 of 2012 (2) The responsible authority shall, insofar as it is practicable, ensure that any special dietary need of a child accommodated in the home is satisfied. (3) The responsible authority shall provide within a home \u2014 (a) suitable and sufficient catering equipment, crockery and cutlery; (b) proper facilities for the refrigeration and storage of food; and (c) insofar as it is practicable, adequate facilities to allow children the option to prepare their own food.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_13\", \"num\": \"13.\", \"text\": \"Purchase of clothes 13. (1) The responsible authority shall, insofar as it is practicable, enable each child accommodated in the home to purchase clothes according to his needs. (2) The responsible authority shall, insofar as it is practicable, purchase clothes to meet the needs of a child, where that child, his parent or guardian is unable to purchase the clothes. 14. Fire precautions 14. (1) The responsible authority shall ensure, before any child is accommodated in a community home and whenever there is a change in particulars during the period that child is accommodated, that the Chief Fire Officer is notified in writing of the following particulars \u2014 (a) the location of the home; (b) the number of children accommodated or to be accommodated in the home; (c) the age range of the children accommodated or to be accommodated in the home; and (d) whether any child accommodated or to be accommodated in the home suffers from a physical or mental disability. (2) The responsible authority shall ensure that in respect of the home, adequate \u2014 (a) precautions are taken against the risk of fire; (b) means of escape in the event of fire are provided; (c) arrangements are made for detecting, containing and extinguishing a fire; (d) arrangements are made for warning of an outbreak of a fire and for evacuation in the event of a fire; and (e) fire fighting equipment is available. (3) The responsible authority shall ensure that arrangements are made to familiarise the staff working and children accommodated in the home with the procedure to be followed in the event of a fire. Regulation 15 SL 65 of 2012 (4) The arrangements referred to in paragraph (3) shall include the evacuation procedure from the home, techniques of resuscitation and life saving methods. (5) The responsible authority shall establish a reporting system to ensure that reports on any outbreak of fire requiring an evacuation of children accommodated in the home is forwarded to it immediately. PART III - ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY HOMES\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_15\", \"num\": \"15.\", \"text\": \"Confidential records in relation to children in community homes 15. (1) The responsible authority shall arrange for the keeping in each community home, of a record in permanent form on each child accommodated and which, insofar as it is practicable, shall include the information specified in Schedule 2. (2) The responsible authority shall keep the record mentioned in paragraph (1) securely and shall treat it as confidential subject only to \u2014 (a) any provision under or by virtue of any Law under which access may be obtained or given to records and information concerning a child; or (b) any court order, in respect of access to records and information concerning a child. (3) The responsible authority shall retain the records mentioned in paragraph (1) for at least seventy-five years from the date of birth of the child to whom they relate or, if the child dies before attaining the age of eighteen, for a period of fifteen years from the date of his death.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_16\", \"num\": \"16.\", \"text\": \"Access by guardians ad litem to records 16. The responsible authority shall, if requested, provide a guardian ad litem of a child with \u2014 (a) access to all the records relating to the child in accordance with these Regulations; and (b) copies of the records. 17. Other records with respect to children in community homes 17. (1) The responsible authority shall keep in each community home the records specified in Schedule 3 and shall ensure that the details are kept current. (2) The records referred to in paragraph (1) shall be retained for at least fifteen years, except for records of menus which shall be kept only for one year. Regulation 18 SL 65 of 2012\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_18\", \"num\": \"18.\", \"text\": \"Availability of Regulations 18. The responsible authority shall keep a copy of these Regulations in the community home and make it available to \u2014 (a) all staff; (b) every child accommodated in the home; (c) the parents or guardians of any child accommodated in the home; and (d) any person with parental responsibility for a child accommodated in the home.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_19\", \"num\": \"19.\", \"text\": \"Notification of significant events 19. (1) The responsible authority shall, insofar as it is practicable, immediately give notification of any of the events mentioned in paragraph (2) to \u2014 (a) the parents of any child concerned; (b) any person who has parental responsibility for a child in the home; (c) any other person who has undertaken to meet any fees or expenses incurred in accommodating any child concerned at the home; and (d) in respect of the event mentioned in paragraph (2)(c), a police officer. (2) The events referred to in paragraph (1) are \u2014 (a) the death of a child accommodated at the home; (b) any conduct on the part of a member of staff of the home which, in the opinion of the Department is not, or as the case may be, would not be appropriate for a person employed in work involving children; (c) the suffering of serious harm by a child accommodated at the home; (d) any serious accident involving a child accommodated at the home; (e) any serious illness of a child accommodated at the home; and (f) the outbreak in the home of any notifiable infectious disease to which the Public Health Law (2002 Revision), or Regulations made under that Law, applies. (3) Any notification given with respect to the death of a child shall contain all available details as to the circumstances.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_20\", \"num\": \"20.\", \"text\": \"Absence of a child without authority 20. (1) The responsible authority shall stipulate and cause to be recorded in writing the procedure to be followed when any child accommodated in a community home leaves the facility without permission. (2) The responsible authority shall ensure that the procedure mentioned in paragraph (1) is brought to the attention of the children accommodated in the home and all staff members in the home. Regulation 21 SL 65 of 2012\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_21\", \"num\": \"21.\", \"text\": \"Absence of the person in charge 21. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person in charge of a community home who proposes to be absent from the home for a continuous period of four weeks or more shall give written notice of that intention to the responsible authority at least four weeks before commencement of his absence. (2) The responsible authority may accept a shorter notice where the circumstances make it impracticable to provide the period of notice mentioned in paragraph (1). (3) Where paragraph (1) applies, the person in charge of a community home shall inform the responsible authority at least seven days before the beginning of the absence of \u2014 (a) its occurrence and anticipated duration; (b) the reason for it; (c) the number of children accommodated in the home when the information is given; (d) the arrangements which have been made for the supervision of the home; and (e) the name, address and qualifications of the person who will be in charge of the home. (4) Where the responsible authority is a manager, he shall notify the Department within seven days of the return of the person in charge or the appointment of some other person in his place. 22. Visiting of community homes 22. An officer of the Department shall visit the home once a month and submit a written report to the Department on the management of the home. PART IV - COMMUNITY HOMES 23. Directions by Governor in Cabinet 23. The Governor in Cabinet may give directions requiring \u2014 (a) the Department in circumstances where it is providing, managing, equipping or maintaining a home; or (b) the voluntary organisation by which an assisted community home is provided, to accommodate in the home, a child for whom no place is made available or to take such action in relation to a child accommodated in the home as may be specified in the directions. SCHEDULE 1 SL 65 of 2012 SCHEDULE 1 (Regulations 4 and 5(2)) STATEMENT TO BE KEPT RELATING TO COMMUNITY HOMES PART I Particulars to be included in statement 1. The purpose for which the community home is established and the objectives to be attained with regard to children accommodated in the home. 2. The name and address of the person in charge of the community home. 3. The following details about the children for whom it is intended that accommodation should be provided- (a) age range; (b) sex; and (c) the number of children. 4. Whether a child is selected by reference to criteria other than age or sex and if so, those criteria. 5. The organisational structure of the community home. 6. The number of staff employed in the community home. 7. The qualification and experience of the persons in charge of the community home, including all staff members. 8. The facilities and services to be provided within the community home. 9. The arrangements made to protect and promote the health of the children. 10. The fire precautions and associated emergency procedures. 11. The arrangements made for religious observance by any child. 12. The arrangements made for contact between a child and his parents, a person who has parental responsibility for the child, relatives or friends. 13. The disciplinary measures in place. 14. The procedure for dealing with any unauthorised absence of a child from the home. 15. The arrangements for dealing with complaints against persons in the home. 16. The arrangements for the education of any child in the home. 17. The arrangements for continuing staff training and development. 18. The organisational structure of the home. SCHEDULE 1 SL 65 of 2012 19. The ratio of children accommodated to staff employed. 20. The arrangements for dealing with reviews under section 28 of the Law of the cases of every child. PART II Persons to whom statement is to be made available for inspection 1. The person in charge of the community home. 2. The staff of the community home. 3. The children accommodated in the community home. 4. The parent of any child accommodated in the community home. 5. Any person who is not a parent of a child accommodated in the community home, but who has parental responsibility for such a child. 6. The Department. SCHEDULE 2 SL 65 of 2012 SCHEDULE 2 (Regulation 15(1)) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS CONCERNING CHILDREN IN COMMUNITY HOMES 1. The child\u2019s name and any name by which the child has previously been known other than a name used by the child prior to adoption. 2. The child\u2019s sex and date of birth. 3. The child\u2019s religious persuasion, if any. 4. A description of the child\u2019s racial origin, cultural and linguistic background. 5. The living arrangements of the child before being placed in the community home. 6. The person under whose authority the child is provided with care and accommodation in the home and any Law which authorises its provision. 7. The name, address, telephone number and the religious persuasion, if any, of- (a) the child\u2019s parents; or (b) any person who has parental responsibility for him. 8. The name, address and telephone number of any social worker assigned to the child by the Department. 9. The date and circumstances of any absence of the child from the home. 10. The date and circumstances of any visit to the child whilst in the home by any of the persons referred to in regulation 8(2)(d). 11. A copy of any statement of special educational needs maintained in relation to the child. 12. The name and address of any educational institution attended by the child and of any employer of the child. 13. Every school report received by the child while accommodated in the home. 14. The date and circumstances of any disciplinary measures imposed against the child. 15. Any special dietary or health needs of the child. 16. Arrangements for, including any restrictions on, contact between the child and- (a) his parents; or (b) any person who has parental responsibility for him. 17. The date and result of any review of the child\u2019s case. 18. The name and address of the medical practitioner with whom the child is registered. SCHEDULE 2 SL 65 of 2012 19. Details of any accident involving the child. 20. Details of any immunisation, illness, allergy or medical examination of the child and of any dental need of the child. 21. Details of any health examination or development test conducted with respect to the child at or in connection with his school. 22. Details of all medicinal products taken by the child while in the home and by whom they were administered, including those which the child is permitted to administer to himself. 23. The date on which- (a) any money or valuables are deposited by or on behalf of a child for safekeeping; (b) such money is withdrawn; and (c) any valuables are returned.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_24\", \"num\": \"24.\", \"text\": \"The arrangements for accommodation of the child when his accommodation in the community home ceases. SCHEDULE 3 SL 65 of 2012 SCHEDULE 3 (Regulation 17(1)) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN OTHER CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS CONCERNING CHILDREN IN COMMUNITY HOMES 1. A record showing- (a) the date on which each child was first accommodated in the community home; (b) the date on which a child ceased to be accommodated in the community home; (c) where each child came from before he commenced occupancy of the community home; (d) the new accommodation of each child who has ceased to be accommodated in the community home; (e) the identity of the officer in the Department responsible for the child being placed in the community home; and (f) which, if any, child accommodated in the community home was being looked after, or in the care of, any other home or facility providing child care. 2. A record showing- (a) the full name; (b) the sex; (c) the date of birth; (d) the qualifications relevant to and experience of work involving children, of every person who- (i) is employed at the community home; (ii) works at the home; or (iii) is intended, by the responsible authority, to work at the  home; and (e) whether such persons work at the home full-time or part-time, whether paid or not and, if part-time, the average number of hours worked per week and whether or not they reside at the home or intend to do so. 3. A record of all persons resident at the community home, other than the persons mentioned in paragraph 2 of this Schedule and the children accommodated in the home. 4. A record of accidents occurring in the home. SCHEDULE 3 SL 65 of 2012 5. A record of any medicinal product administered to any child in the home, including the date and circumstances of its administration and by whom it was administered, including medicinal products which the child is permitted to administer to himself. 6. A record of every fire drill or fire alarm test conducted, with details of any deficiency in either the procedure or the equipment concerned, together with details of the steps taken to remedy that deficiency. 7. A record of all money deposited by a child for safekeeping, together with the date on which that money was withdrawn or the date of its deposit. 8. A record of all valuables deposited by a child and the date of return. 9. Records of all accounts kept in the community home. 10. A record of menus. 11. A record of every disciplinary measure imposed, giving the information required by regulation 8. 12. Records of duty rosters. 13. A daily log of events occurring in the home, including the names of visitors to any child accommodated in the home. Made in Cabinet on the 28th day of August, 2012. Kim Bullings Clerk of the Cabinet. Laid in the Legislative Assembly on the 5th day of November, 2012,  in accordance with section 95(2) of the Children Law, 2003. 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REGULATIONS, 2012\n(SL 65 of 2012)\nArrangement of Regulations\nRegulation\nPage\nPART I - PRELIMINARY\n1.\nCitation ......................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\n3.\nApplication of Regulations .........................................................................................................6\nPART II - CONDUCT OF COMMUNITY HOMES\n4.\nStatement of purpose and function of community homes ...........................................................6\n5.\nStaffing of community homes .....................................................................................................7\n6.\nAccommodation for individual children\u2019s needs ..........................................................................7\n7.\nProvision of adequate conveniences ..........................................................................................7\n8.\nControl and discipline ................................................................................................................8\n9.\nStorage of medicinal products ....................................................................................................9\n10.\nEmployment and education of older children..............................................................................9\n11.\nReligious observance ................................................................................................................9\n12.\nFood provided for child and cooking facilities .............................................................................9\n13.\nPurchase of clothes ................................................................................................................. 10\n14.\nFire precautions ....................................................................................................................... 10\nPART III - ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY HOMES\n15.\nConfidential records in relation to children in community homes .............................................. 11\n16.\nAccess by guardians ad litem to records .................................................................................. 11\n17.\nOther records with respect to children in community homes..................................................... 11\n\nArrangement of Regulations\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\n\nPage 4\nSL 65 of 2012\nc\n\n18.\nAvailability of Regulations ........................................................................................................ 12\n19.\nNotification of significant events ............................................................................................... 12\n20.\nAbsence of a child without authority ......................................................................................... 12\n21.\nAbsence of the person in charge ............................................................................................. 13\n22.\nVisiting of community homes ................................................................................................... 13\nPART IV - COMMUNITY HOMES\n23.\nDirections by Governor in Cabinet ........................................................................................... 13\nSCHEDULE 1\n15\nSTATEMENT TO BE KEPT RELATING TO COMMUNITY HOMES\n15\nParticulars to be included in statement .............................................................................................. 15\nPersons to whom statement is to be made available for inspection ................................................... 16\nSCHEDULE 2\n17\nINFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS CONCERNING\nCHILDREN IN COMMUNITY HOMES\n17\nSCHEDULE 3\n19\nINFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN OTHER CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS CONCERNING\nCHILDREN IN COMMUNITY HOMES\n19\n\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\nRegulation 1\n\nc\nSL 65 of 2012\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nChildren Law, 2003\nCOMMUNITY HOMES REGULATIONS, 2012\n(SL 65 of 2012)\nThe Governor in Cabinet, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 4 of\nSchedule 4 to the Children Law, 2003, hereby makes the following Regulations \u2014\nPART I - PRELIMINARY\n1.\nCitation\n1.\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Community Homes Regulations, 2012.\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn these Regulations \u2014\n\u201cassisted community home\u201d means a community home designated as an\nassisted community home in accordance with section 55(5) of the Law;\n\u201ccommunity home\u201d has the meaning given by section 55(3) of the Law and\nincludes a community home maintained by the Department, a controlled\ncommunity home or an assisted community home and the expression \u201chome\u201d\nshall be construed accordingly;\n\u201ccontrolled community home\u201d means a community home designated as a\ncontrolled community home in accordance with section 55(4) of the Law;\n\u201cLaw\u201d means the Children Law, 2003;\n\u201cmedicinal product\u201d means any substance, article or device (including any\ninstrument, apparatus or appliance) which is manufactured, sold, supplied or\nimported for use wholly or mainly in either or both of the following ways \u2014\n\nRegulation 3\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\n\nPage 6\nSL 65 of 2012\nc\n\n(a)\nuse by being administered to one or more human beings for a medicinal\npurpose;\n(b) use as an ingredient in the preparation of a substance, article or device\nwhich is being administered to one or more human beings for a medicinal\npurpose;\n\u201cperson in charge\u201d means the person appointed by the responsible authority\nas the person in charge of the management of the community home;\n\u201cregistered medical practitioner\u201d means a person registered under the\nHealth Practice Law (2005 Revision);\n\u201cregistered nurse\u201d means a person registered under the Health Practice Law\n(2005 Revision); and\n\u201cresponsible authority\u201d means \u2014\n(a)\nthe Department, in the case of a maintained community home; or\n(b) in the case of a controlled or assisted community home \u2014\n(i)\nthe body of managers; or\n(ii) where a matter is reserved by Law or an instrument of management,\nthe Department or voluntary organisation.\n3.\nApplication of Regulations\n3.\n(1) These Regulations shall not apply to premises used only to accommodate\nchildren for the purpose of a holiday for periods of less than twenty-eight days\nat a time in the case of any one child.\n(2) Subject to section 64(11) of and Schedule 7 to the Law, any home in which a\nchild is cared for and accommodated by a person who \u2014\n(a)\nis an approved department foster parent in relation to the child; or\n(b) fosters the child privately,\nis, so far as the provision of care and accommodation for that child is\nconcerned, exempt from the definition of a \u201ccommunity home\u201d in\nsection 55(3) of the Law.\nPART II - CONDUCT OF COMMUNITY HOMES\n4.\nStatement of purpose and function of community homes\n4.\n(1) The responsible authority shall, within three months of the coming into force\nof these Regulations, compile, maintain and keep up to date, a written\nstatement of the particulars mentioned in Part I of Schedule 1 relating to a\ncommunity home.\n\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\nRegulation 5\n\nc\nSL 65 of 2012\nPage 7\n\n(2) The statement referred to in paragraph (1) shall be made available for\ninspection by the persons referred to in Part II of Schedule 1, in addition to any\nother person who has a right under the Law to inspect this statement.\n5.\nStaffing of community homes\n5.\n(1) The responsible authority shall ensure that the number of staff in a community\nhome and their experience and qualifications are adequate to ensure that the\nwelfare of the children in the community home is safeguarded and promoted at\nall times.\n(2) The responsible authority shall ensure that the particulars specified in Part I of\nSchedule 1 are brought to the notice of all staff in the home.\n6.\nAccommodation for individual children\u2019s needs\n6.\n(1) The responsible authority shall ensure that, insofar as it is practicable, each\nchild in a community home is provided with an area within the home which is\nsuitable for his needs.\n(2) The area referred to in paragraph (1) shall be equipped with \u2014\n(a)\nall the appropriate furnishings that would make the home habitable; and\n(b) facilities that meet the needs of a child who is suffering from a physical\nor mental disability.\n7.\nProvision of adequate conveniences\n7.\n(1) The responsible authority shall ensure that the home is provided with wash\nbasins, hot and cold water, showers and toilets.\n(2) The responsible authority shall ensure that all parts of the home are \u2014\n(a)\nadequately lit and ventilated;\n(b) kept in good structural repair;\n(c)\nkept sanitary; and\n(d) reasonably decorated and maintained.\n(3) The responsible authority shall provide adequate facilities in the home for a\nchild to meet privately with \u2014\n(a)\nhis parents;\n(b) any person who has parental responsibility for him;\n(c)\nhis relatives or friends;\n(d) his attorney-at-law;\n(e)\nhis guardian ad litem;\n(f)\nany independent person appointed for the child pursuant to the\nRepresentation Procedure (Children) Regulations, 2012;\n\nRegulation 8\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\n\nPage 8\nSL 65 of 2012\nc\n\n(g) any visitor appointed for the child in accordance with paragraph 14(7) of\nSchedule 2 to the Law; and\n(h) any person authorised in accordance with section 80(2) of the Law to\nconduct an inspection of the community home.\n(4) The responsible authority shall provide the children with adequate laundry\nfacilities and other grooming conveniences.\n(5) The responsible authority shall provide adequate private telephone facilities\nfor the use of the children in the home in accordance with the policies of\nthe home.\n8.\nControl and discipline\n8.\n(1) The responsible authority of a community home shall only apply those\ndisciplinary measures within the home as are approved by the Department.\n(2) The following acts shall not be practised in a community home \u2014\n(a)\ncorporal punishment;\n(b) any deprivation of food or drink;\n(c)\nany restriction on visits to or by any child unless it is in the best interest\nof the child;\n(d) any restriction on or delay in communications by telephone or\npost with \u2014\n(i)\nhis parents, unless it is in the best interest of the child;\n(ii) any person who has parental responsibility for him, unless it is in\nthe best interest of the child;\n(iii) his relatives or friends, unless it is in the best interest of the child;\n(iv) his attorney-at-law;\n(v) his guardian ad litem;\n(vi) any independent person appointed for the child pursuant to\nRepresentation Procedure (Children) Regulations, 2012;\n(vii) any visitor appointed for the child in accordance with paragraph\n14(7) of Schedule 2 to the Law;\n(viii) any social worker assigned to the child by the Department;\n(e)\nany requirement that a child wear inappropriate clothes;\n(f)\nthe deprivation of any form of health care or medication;\n(g) the intentional deprivation of sleep; and\n(h) any intimate physical examination of a child by any person other than a\nregistered medical practitioner.\n\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\nRegulation 9\n\nc\nSL 65 of 2012\nPage 9\n\n(3) Where disciplinary action has been taken against a child in a community\nhome, the responsible authority shall, within twenty-four hours of the action,\nrecord or cause to be recorded in writing full particulars of the disciplinary\naction taken.\n(4) The particulars referred to in paragraph (3) shall include \u2014\n(a)\nthe date on which the action was taken;\n(b) the reasons for the action;\n(c)\nthe name of the child against whom the action was taken; and\n(d) the name of the person who enforced the action.\n9.\nStorage of medicinal products\n9.\n(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the responsible authority shall store or cause to be\nstored in a secure place any medicinal product which is kept in the home so as\nto prevent any child accommodated in the home from having access to it\notherwise than under the supervision of a member of staff of the home.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), all medicinal products shall be administered by a\nmember of staff of the community home acting on instructions received from a\nregistered nurse or registered medical practitioner or by the registered nurse or\nregistered medical practitioner.\n(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to a medicinal product which \u2014\n(a)\nis stored by the child for whom it is provided in such a way that others\nare denied access to it; and\n(b) may safely be self-administered by that child.\n10.\nEmployment and education of older children\n10. The responsible authority shall assist with the making of arrangements for a child to\npursue tertiary education, advanced training or gainful employment, where that\nchild has attained the age where it is no longer required to provide compulsory fulltime education.\n11.\nReligious observance\n11. The responsible authority shall enable each child accommodated in a community\nhome, insofar as it is practicable, to attend the services of, to receive instruction in,\nand to observe any requirement of the religious persuasion to which he belongs.\n12.\nFood provided for child and cooking facilities\n12. (1) The responsible authority shall ensure that a child accommodated in a\ncommunity home is provided with food which is properly prepared, nutritious\nand provided in adequate quantities to meet the needs of the child.\n\nRegulation 13\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\n\nPage 10\nSL 65 of 2012\nc\n\n(2) The responsible authority shall, insofar as it is practicable, ensure that any\nspecial dietary need of a child accommodated in the home is satisfied.\n(3) The responsible authority shall provide within a home \u2014\n(a)\nsuitable and sufficient catering equipment, crockery and cutlery;\n(b) proper facilities for the refrigeration and storage of food; and\n(c)\ninsofar as it is practicable, adequate facilities to allow children the option\nto prepare their own food.\n13.\nPurchase of clothes\n13. (1) The responsible authority shall, insofar as it is practicable, enable each child\naccommodated in the home to purchase clothes according to his needs.\n(2) The responsible authority shall, insofar as it is practicable, purchase clothes to\nmeet the needs of a child, where that child, his parent or guardian is unable to\npurchase the clothes.\n14.\nFire precautions\n14. (1) The responsible authority shall ensure, before any child is accommodated in a\ncommunity home and whenever there is a change in particulars during the\nperiod that child is accommodated, that the Chief Fire Officer is notified in\nwriting of the following particulars \u2014\n(a)\nthe location of the home;\n(b) the number of children accommodated or to be accommodated in\nthe home;\n(c)\nthe age range of the children accommodated or to be accommodated in\nthe home; and\n(d) whether any child accommodated or to be accommodated in the home\nsuffers from a physical or mental disability.\n(2) The responsible authority shall ensure that in respect of the home, adequate \u2014\n(a)\nprecautions are taken against the risk of fire;\n(b) means of escape in the event of fire are provided;\n(c)\narrangements are made for detecting, containing and extinguishing a fire;\n(d) arrangements are made for warning of an outbreak of a fire and for\nevacuation in the event of a fire; and\n(e)\nfire fighting equipment is available.\n(3) The responsible authority shall ensure that arrangements are made to\nfamiliarise the staff working and children accommodated in the home with the\nprocedure to be followed in the event of a fire.\n\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\nRegulation 15\n\nc\nSL 65 of 2012\nPage 11\n\n(4) The arrangements referred to in paragraph (3) shall include the evacuation\nprocedure from the home, techniques of resuscitation and life saving methods.\n(5) The responsible authority shall establish a reporting system to ensure that\nreports on any outbreak of fire requiring an evacuation of children\naccommodated in the home is forwarded to it immediately.\nPART III - ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY HOMES\n15.\nConfidential records in relation to children in community homes\n15. (1) The responsible authority shall arrange for the keeping in each community\nhome, of a record in permanent form on each child accommodated and which,\ninsofar as it is practicable, shall include the information specified in\nSchedule 2.\n(2) The responsible authority shall keep the record mentioned in paragraph (1)\nsecurely and shall treat it as confidential subject only to \u2014\n(a)\nany provision under or by virtue of any Law under which access may be\nobtained or given to records and information concerning a child; or\n(b) any court order, in respect of access to records and information\nconcerning a child.\n(3) The responsible authority shall retain the records mentioned in paragraph (1)\nfor at least seventy-five years from the date of birth of the child to whom they\nrelate or, if the child dies before attaining the age of eighteen, for a period of\nfifteen years from the date of his death.\n16.\nAccess by guardians ad litem to records\n16. The responsible authority shall, if requested, provide a guardian ad litem of a\nchild with \u2014\n(a)\naccess to all the records relating to the child in accordance with these\nRegulations; and\n(b) copies of the records.\n17.\nOther records with respect to children in community homes\n17. (1) The responsible authority shall keep in each community home the records\nspecified in Schedule 3 and shall ensure that the details are kept current.\n(2) The records referred to in paragraph (1) shall be retained for at least fifteen\nyears, except for records of menus which shall be kept only for one year.\n\nRegulation 18\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\n\nPage 12\nSL 65 of 2012\nc\n\n18.\nAvailability of Regulations\n18. The responsible authority shall keep a copy of these Regulations in the community\nhome and make it available to \u2014\n(a)\nall staff;\n(b) every child accommodated in the home;\n(c)\nthe parents or guardians of any child accommodated in the home; and\n(d) any person with parental responsibility for a child accommodated in\nthe home.\n19.\nNotification of significant events\n19. (1) The responsible authority shall, insofar as it is practicable, immediately give\nnotification of any of the events mentioned in paragraph (2) to \u2014\n(a)\nthe parents of any child concerned;\n(b) any person who has parental responsibility for a child in the home;\n(c)\nany other person who has undertaken to meet any fees or expenses\nincurred in accommodating any child concerned at the home; and\n(d) in respect of the event mentioned in paragraph (2)(c), a police officer.\n(2) The events referred to in paragraph (1) are \u2014\n(a)\nthe death of a child accommodated at the home;\n(b) any conduct on the part of a member of staff of the home which, in the\nopinion of the Department is not, or as the case may be, would not be\nappropriate for a person employed in work involving children;\n(c)\nthe suffering of serious harm by a child accommodated at the home;\n(d) any serious accident involving a child accommodated at the home;\n(e)\nany serious illness of a child accommodated at the home; and\n(f)\nthe outbreak in the home of any notifiable infectious disease to which the\nPublic Health Law (2002 Revision), or Regulations made under that Law,\napplies.\n(3) Any notification given with respect to the death of a child shall contain all\navailable details as to the circumstances.\n20.\nAbsence of a child without authority\n20. (1) The responsible authority shall stipulate and cause to be recorded in writing\nthe procedure to be followed when any child accommodated in a community\nhome leaves the facility without permission.\n(2) The responsible authority shall ensure that the procedure mentioned in\nparagraph (1) is brought to the attention of the children accommodated in the\nhome and all staff members in the home.\n\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\nRegulation 21\n\nc\nSL 65 of 2012\nPage 13\n\n21.\nAbsence of the person in charge\n21. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person in charge of a community home who\nproposes to be absent from the home for a continuous period of four weeks or\nmore shall give written notice of that intention to the responsible authority at\nleast four weeks before commencement of his absence.\n(2) The responsible authority may accept a shorter notice where the circumstances\nmake it impracticable to provide the period of notice mentioned in\nparagraph (1).\n(3) Where paragraph (1) applies, the person in charge of a community home shall\ninform the responsible authority at least seven days before the beginning of the\nabsence of \u2014\n(a)\nits occurrence and anticipated duration;\n(b) the reason for it;\n(c)\nthe number of children accommodated in the home when the information\nis given;\n(d) the arrangements which have been made for the supervision of the\nhome; and\n(e)\nthe name, address and qualifications of the person who will be in charge\nof the home.\n(4) Where the responsible authority is a manager, he shall notify the Department\nwithin seven days of the return of the person in charge or the appointment of\nsome other person in his place.\n22.\nVisiting of community homes\n22. An officer of the Department shall visit the home once a month and submit a written\nreport to the Department on the management of the home.\nPART IV - COMMUNITY HOMES\n23.\nDirections by Governor in Cabinet\n23. The Governor in Cabinet may give directions requiring \u2014\n(a)\nthe Department in circumstances where it is providing, managing,\nequipping or maintaining a home; or\n(b) the voluntary organisation by which an assisted community home is\nprovided,\nto accommodate in the home, a child for whom no place is made available or\nto take such action in relation to a child accommodated in the home as may be\nspecified in the directions.\n\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\nSCHEDULE 1\n\nc\nSL 65 of 2012\nPage 15\n\n SCHEDULE 1\n (Regulations 4 and 5(2))\nSTATEMENT TO BE KEPT RELATING TO COMMUNITY HOMES\nPART I\nParticulars to be included in statement\n1.\nThe purpose for which the community home is established and the objectives to be\nattained with regard to children accommodated in the home.\n2.\nThe name and address of the person in charge of the community home.\n3.\nThe following details about the children for whom it is intended that\naccommodation should be provided-\n(a)\nage range;\n(b) sex; and\n(c)\nthe number of children.\n4.\nWhether a child is selected by reference to criteria other than age or sex and if so,\nthose criteria.\n5.\nThe organisational structure of the community home.\n6.\nThe number of staff employed in the community home.\n7.\nThe qualification and experience of the persons in charge of the community home,\nincluding all staff members.\n8.\nThe facilities and services to be provided within the community home.\n9.\nThe arrangements made to protect and promote the health of the children.\n10. The fire precautions and associated emergency procedures.\n11. The arrangements made for religious observance by any child.\n12. The arrangements made for contact between a child and his parents, a person who\nhas parental responsibility for the child, relatives or friends.\n13. The disciplinary measures in place.\n14. The procedure for dealing with any unauthorised absence of a child from the home.\n15. The arrangements for dealing with complaints against persons in the home.\n16. The arrangements for the education of any child in the home.\n17. The arrangements for continuing staff training and development.\n18. The organisational structure of the home.\n\nSCHEDULE 1\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\n\nPage 16\nSL 65 of 2012\nc\n\n19. The ratio of children accommodated to staff employed.\n20. The arrangements for dealing with reviews under section 28 of the Law of the cases\nof every child.\nPART II\nPersons to whom statement is to be made available for inspection\n1.\nThe person in charge of the community home.\n2.\nThe staff of the community home.\n3.\nThe children accommodated in the community home.\n4.\nThe parent of any child accommodated in the community home.\n5.\nAny person who is not a parent of a child accommodated in the community home,\nbut who has parental responsibility for such a child.\n6.\nThe Department.\n\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\nSCHEDULE 2\n\nc\nSL 65 of 2012\nPage 17\n\nSCHEDULE 2\n(Regulation 15(1))\nINFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS\nCONCERNING CHILDREN IN COMMUNITY HOMES\n1.\nThe child\u2019s name and any name by which the child has previously been known\nother than a name used by the child prior to adoption.\n2.\nThe child\u2019s sex and date of birth.\n3.\nThe child\u2019s religious persuasion, if any.\n4.\nA description of the child\u2019s racial origin, cultural and linguistic background.\n5.\nThe living arrangements of the child before being placed in the community home.\n6.\nThe person under whose authority the child is provided with care and\naccommodation in the home and any Law which authorises its provision.\n7.\nThe name, address, telephone number and the religious persuasion, if any, of-\n(a)\nthe child\u2019s parents; or\n(b) any person who has parental responsibility for him.\n8.\nThe name, address and telephone number of any social worker assigned to the child\nby the Department.\n9.\nThe date and circumstances of any absence of the child from the home.\n10. The date and circumstances of any visit to the child whilst in the home by any of the\npersons referred to in regulation 8(2)(d).\n11. A copy of any statement of special educational needs maintained in relation to the\nchild.\n12. The name and address of any educational institution attended by the child and of\nany employer of the child.\n13. Every school report received by the child while accommodated in the home.\n14. The date and circumstances of any disciplinary measures imposed against the child.\n15. Any special dietary or health needs of the child.\n16. Arrangements for, including any restrictions on, contact between the child and-\n(a)\nhis parents; or\n(b) any person who has parental responsibility for him.\n17.\nThe date and result of any review of the child\u2019s case.\n18.\nThe name and address of the medical practitioner with whom the\nchild is registered.\n\nSCHEDULE 2\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\n\nPage 18\nSL 65 of 2012\nc\n\n19. Details of any accident involving the child.\n20. Details of any immunisation, illness, allergy or medical examination of the child\nand of any dental need of the child.\n21. Details of any health examination or development test conducted with respect to the\nchild at or in connection with his school.\n22. Details of all medicinal products taken by the child while in the home and by whom\nthey were administered, including those which the child is permitted to administer\nto himself.\n23. The date on which-\n(a)\nany money or valuables are deposited by or on behalf of a child for\nsafekeeping;\n(b) such money is withdrawn; and\n(c)\nany valuables are returned.\n24. The arrangements for accommodation of the child when his accommodation in the\ncommunity home ceases.\n\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\nSCHEDULE 3\n\nc\nSL 65 of 2012\nPage 19\n\nSCHEDULE 3\n(Regulation 17(1))\nINFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN OTHER CONFIDENTIAL\nRECORDS CONCERNING CHILDREN IN COMMUNITY HOMES\n1.\nA record showing-\n(a)\nthe date on which each child was first accommodated in the community\nhome;\n(b) the date on which a child ceased to be accommodated in the community\nhome;\n(c)\nwhere each child came from before he commenced occupancy of the\ncommunity home;\n(d) the new accommodation of each child who has ceased to be\naccommodated in the community home;\n(e)\nthe identity of the officer in the Department responsible for the child\nbeing placed in the community home; and\n(f)\nwhich, if any, child accommodated in the community home was being\nlooked after, or in the care of, any other home or facility providing child\ncare.\n2.\nA record showing-\n(a)\nthe full name;\n(b) the sex;\n(c)\nthe date of birth;\n(d) the qualifications relevant to and experience of work involving children,\nof every person who-\n(i)\nis employed at the community home;\n(ii) works at the home; or\n(iii) is intended, by the responsible authority, to work at the  home; and\n(e)\nwhether such persons work at the home full-time or part-time, whether\npaid or not and, if part-time, the average number of hours worked per\nweek and whether or not they reside at the home or intend to do so.\n3.\nA record of all persons resident at the community home, other than the persons\nmentioned in paragraph 2 of this Schedule and the children accommodated in the\nhome.\n4.\nA record of accidents occurring in the home.\n\nSCHEDULE 3\nCommunity Homes Regulations, 2012\n\nPage 20\nSL 65 of 2012\nc\n\n5.\nA record of any medicinal product administered to any child in the home, including\nthe date and circumstances of its administration and by whom it was administered,\nincluding medicinal products which the child is permitted to administer to himself.\n6.\nA record of every fire drill or fire alarm test conducted, with details of any\ndeficiency in either the procedure or the equipment concerned, together with details\nof the steps taken to remedy that deficiency.\n7.\nA record of all money deposited by a child for safekeeping, together with the date\non which that money was withdrawn or the date of its deposit.\n8.\nA record of all valuables deposited by a child and the date of return.\n9.\nRecords of all accounts kept in the community home.\n10. A record of menus.\n11. A record of every disciplinary measure imposed, giving the information required by\nregulation 8.\n12. Records of duty rosters.\n13. A daily log of events occurring in the home, including the names of visitors to any\nchild accommodated in the home.\nMade in Cabinet on the 28th day of August, 2012.\nKim Bullings\nClerk of the Cabinet.\nLaid in the Legislative Assembly on the 5th day of November, 2012,  in accordance\nwith section 95(2) of the Children Law, 2003.\nZena Merren-Chin\nClerk of the Legislative Assembly.","akn_extracted_at":"2026-06-22 15:38:12.209197+00","cms_id":"2012-0065","law_type":"subordinate","year":"2012","number":"65","title":"Community Homes Regulations","status":"in_force"},"provenance":{"files":[{"file_id":"4834","expr_id":"32","kind":"akn_xml","filename":"2012-0065_SL 65 of 2012.akn.xml","source_url":null,"storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/SUBORDINATE\/2012\/2012-0065\/2012-0065_SL 65 of 2012.akn.xml","content_md5":"1152016c19a87ba6ab7f43f339ae7a8a","byte_size":"31228","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-22 15:38:12.434049+00"},{"file_id":"63","expr_id":"32","kind":"pristine_pdf","filename":"2012-0065_SL 65 of 2012.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/SUBORDINATE\/2012\/2012-0065\/2012-0065_SL 65 of 2012.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/pristine\/SUBORDINATE\/2012\/2012-0065\/2012-0065_SL 65 of 2012.pdf","content_md5":"f5a00015f13c30c967d9f79f8617c7fe","byte_size":"540010","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-21 23:09:34.599719+00"},{"file_id":"64","expr_id":"32","kind":"working_pdf","filename":"2012-0065_SL 65 of 2012.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/SUBORDINATE\/2012\/2012-0065\/2012-0065_SL 65 of 2012.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/SUBORDINATE\/2012\/2012-0065\/2012-0065_SL 65 of 2012.pdf","content_md5":"f5a00015f13c30c967d9f79f8617c7fe","byte_size":"540010","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-21 23:09:34.599719+00"}],"paragraph_count":16,"latest_history":null},"quality":{"expr_id":"32","doc_id":"32","quality_state":"needs_review","quality_score":"72","needs_human_review":"t","deterministic_categories":"{duplicate_text,page_header_footer_noise,paragraph_numbering_problem}","llm_categories":"{truncated_text,other}","repair_actions":"{collapse_duplicate_text,manual_review,rebuild_paragraphs,reextract_full_text,strip_page_furniture}","finding_severity_counts":"{\"low\": 1, \"medium\": 1}","finding_summary":"Sample shows likely truncation at Regulation 3; review full document to ensure completeness.","assessed_at":"2026-06-22 15:29:45.482479+00","updated_at":"2026-06-22 15:29:45.482479+00"}}